BASIC HIRAGANA SYLLABARY

a ka sa ta na ha ma ya ra wa ri i ki shi chi ni hi mi u ku su tsu nu hu mu yu ru wo re e ke se te ne he me o ko so to no ho mo yo ro n

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MODIFIED HIRAGANA
DAKUTEN are the two small strokes that change the sound of symbols. The k sound becomes a g sound so ka becomes ga The s sound becomes a z sound so sa becomes za The t sound becomes a d sound so ta becomes da The h sound becomes a b sound so ha becomes ba HANDAKUTEN is a small circle that changes 'h' to 'p'. So ha becomes pa

ga gi gu ge go

za zi zu ze zo

da di du de do

ba bi bu be bo

pa pi pu pe po

YON uses smaller than usual versions of one of the three y kana, ya, yu or yo to make a contracted word. For example ky ( meaning "today") is written with the smaller yo and kiy, (meaning "skillful") , which is written has a full-sized yo.

kya

gya

sha

ja

cha

mya

kyu

gyu

shu

ju

chu

myu

kyo

gyo

sho

jo

cho

myo

nya

hya

bya

pya

rya

ja

nyu

hyu

byu

pyu

ryu

ju

nyo

hyo

byo

pyo

ryo

jo

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