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Katakana syllabograms

Monographs (gojon) Digraphs (yon)

a i u e o ya yu yo


a [a] i [i] u [u] e [e] o [o]

K
ka [ka] ki [ki] ku [ku] ke [ke] ko [ko] kya [ka] kyu [ku] kyo [ko]

S
sa [sa] shi [i] su [su] se [se] so [so] sha [a] shu [u] sho [o]

T
ta [ta] chi [ti] tsu [tsu] te [te] to [to] cha [ta] chu [tu] cho [to]

N
na [na] ni [ni] nu [nu] ne [ne] no [no] nya [a] nyu [u] nyo [o]
H
ha [ha] hi [i] fu [u] he [he] ho [ho] hya [a] hyu [u] hyo [o]

M
ma [ma] mi [mi] mu [mu] me [me] mo [mo] mya [ma] myu [mu] myo [mo]

[n 1] [n 1]
Y
ya [ja] yu [ju] yo [jo]

R
ra [a] ri [i] ru [u] re [e] ro [o] rya [a] ryu [u] ryo [o]

[n 1]
W
wa [wa] wi [i][n 2]
we [e] [n 2]
wo [o][n 2]

Final nasal monograph Functional graphemes


n [n] [m] [] before stop consonants; (before geminate consonant) (after long vowel) (reduplicates and (reduplicates
n[] [][] elsewhere unvoices syllable) and voices
syllable)
Monographs with diacritics: gojon with (han)dakuten Digraphs with diacritics: yon with (han)dakuten

a i u e o ya yu yo

G
ga [a] gi [i] gu [u] ge [e] go [o] gya [a] gyu [u] gyo [o]

Z
za [za] ji [di] zu [zu] ze [ze] zo [zo] ja [da] ju [du] jo [do]

D
da [da] ji [di][n 3] zu [zu][n 3] de [de] do [do] ja [da][n 3] ju [du][n 3] jo [do][n 3]

B
ba [ba] bi [bi] bu [bu] be [be] bo [bo] bya [ba] byu [bu] byo [bo]

P
pa [pa] pi [pi] pu [pu] pe [pe] po [po] pya [pa] pyu [pu] pyo [po]

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