【Hiragana & Katakana】How to write & read

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How to write and read Hiragana/Katakana

In this time, I will introduce Hiragana and Katakana.

① Hiragana

あいうえお/a i u e o
かきくけこ/ka ki ku ke ko
さしすせそ/sa shi su se so
たちつてと/ta chi tsu te to
なにぬねの/na ni nu ne no
はひふへほ/ha hi fu he ho
まみむめも/ma mi mu me mo
やゆよ/ya yu yo
らりるれろ/ra ri ru re ro
わをん/wa o n

がぎぐげご/ga gi gu ge go
ざじずぜぞ/za ji zu ze zo
だぢづでど/da ji zu de do
ばびぶべぼ/ba bi bu be bo
ぱぴぷぺぽ/pa pi pu pe po

きゃきゅきょ/kya kyu kyo
しゃしゅしょ/sha shu sho
ちゃちゅちょ/cha chu cho
にゃにゅにょ/nya nyu nyo
ひゃひゅひょ/hya hyu hyo
みゃみゅみょ/mya myu myo
りゃりゅりょ/rya ryu ryo
ぎゃぎゅぎょ/gya gyu gyo
じゃじゅじょ/ja ju jo
びゃびゅびょ/bya byu byo
ぴゃぴゅぴょ/pya pyu pyo

② Katakana

Katakana is often used to describe foreign words.

アイウエオ/a i u e o
カキクケコ/ka ki ku ke ko
サシスセソ/sa shi su se so
タチツテト/ta chi tsu te to
ナニヌネノ/na ni nu ne no
ハヒフヘホ/ha hi fu he ho
マミムメモ/ma mi mu me mo
ヤユヨ/ya yu yo
ラリルレロ/ra ri ru re ro
ワヲン/wa o n

ガギグゲゴ/ga gi gu ge go
ザジズゼゾ/za ji zu ze zo
ダヂヅデド/da ji zu de do
バビブベボ/ba bi bu be bo
パピプペポ/pa pi pu pe po

キャキュキョ/kya kyu kyo
シャシュショ/sha shu sho
チャチュチョ/cha chu cho
ニャニュニョ/nya nyu nyo
ヒャヒュヒョ/hya hyu hyo
ミャミュミョ/mya myu myo
リャリュリョ/rya ryu ryo
ギャギュギョ/gya gyu gyo
ジャジュジョ/ja ju jo
ビャビュビョ/bya byu byo
ピャピュピョ/pya pyu pyo

In addition to the 50-syllable chart, the following notations are used in katakana to more closely represent the pronunciation of foreign words.

ファフィフュフェフォ/fa fi fyu fe fo
ウィウェウォ/wi we eo
ヴァヴィヴヴェヴォ/va vi vu ve vo
ツァツィツェツォ/tsa tsi tse tso (tza tzi tze tzo)
チェ/che
シェ/she
ジェ/je
シェ/she
ティトゥ/ti tu
ディデュ/di du

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