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HIRAGANA CHART ひらがな 

w r/l y m h n t s k vowel
ん わ ら や ま は な た さ か あ a
** wa r/l a ya ma ha na ta sa ka a
り み ひ に ち し き い i
r/l i mi hi ni chi shi ki i□
る ゆ む ふ ぬ つ す く う u
r/l u yu mu hu nu tsu* su ku u△
れ め へ ね て せ け え e
r/l e me he ne te se ke e
を ろ よ も ほ の と そ こ お o
o r/l o yo mo ho no to so ko o
□い is also used to make the preceding [i] and [e] sound longer. E.g. え[e] えい[ee]/[e:]/[ei].
△う is also used to make the preceding [u] and [o] sound longer. E..g. こ [ko] こう[koo]/[ko:]/[kou].

* つ has 2 sizes. The smaller one is not pronounced but stands for a short pause (about one hiragana-length), and is
regarded as one syllable.
** ん is pronounced [m],[n],[ng] and so on, and is regarded as one syllable.
p b d z g
ぱ ば だ ざ が a
pa ba da za ga
ぴ び ぢ じ ぎ i
pi bi ji ji gi
ぷ ぶ づ ず ぐ u
pu bu dzu dzu gu
ぺ べ で ぜ げ e
pe be de ze ge
ぽ ぼ ど ぞ ご o
po bo do zo go
ぢ and づ are pronounced じ[ji] or ず[dzu], but they are rarely used.
hiragana ひらがな拗音(ようおん)
r/l y my py by hy ny j* ch j sh gy ky
り み ぴ び ひ に ぢ ち じ し ぎ き
ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ ゃ a
r/l ya mya pya b ya hya nya ja cha ja sha gya kya
り み ぴ び ひ に ぢ ち じ し ぎ き
ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ ゅ u
r/l yu myu pyu byu hy a nyu ju chu ju shu gyu kyu
り み ぴ び ひ に ぢ ち じ し ぎ き
ょ ょ ょ ょ ょ ょ ょ ょ ょ ょ ょ ょ o
r/l yo myo pyo byo hyo nyo jo cho jo sho gyo kyo

Small や、ゆ、よ are always attached to preceding letters. And both letters(the preceding ones and small や,ゆ orよ) together are
regarded as one syllable.
The length of きゃ[kya] is same as that of か[ka] and the length of きゃあ[kyaa]/[kya:] is about twice as long.
* ぢゃ,ぢゅ and ぢょ are pronounced じゃ[ja], じゅ[ju] and じょ[jo], but they are rarely used.

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