Hiragana (Basic Kana) Flashcards
Learning the phonetic alphabet for both Hiragana (chinese loan) and Katakana (foreign)
1
Q
あ
A
a “ah” but shorter
2
Q
い
A
i “ee” but shorter
3
Q
う
A
u “oo” but shorter
4
Q
え
A
e “get”
5
Q
お
A
o “or” but shorter
6
Q
か
A
Ka “car” but shorter
7
Q
き
A
Ki “keep” but shorter
8
Q
く
A
Ku “Kuwait” but shorter
9
Q
け
A
Ke “keg”
10
Q
こ
A
Ko “core” but shorter
11
Q
さ
A
Sa “sarcasm” but shorter
12
Q
し
A
Shi “sheep” but shorter
13
Q
す
A
Su “susan” but shorter
14
Q
せ
A
Se “set”
15
Q
そ
A
So “sore” but shorter
16
Q
た
A
Ta “tar” but shorter
17
Q
ち
A
Chi “cheek” but shorter
18
Q
つ
A
Tsu “tsunami”
19
Q
て
A
Te “ten”
20
Q
と
A
To “tore” but shorter
21
Q
な
A
Na “narcotic” but shorter
22
Q
に
A
Ni “neat” but shorter
23
Q
ぬ
A
Nu “noon” but shorter
24
Q
ね
A
Ne “net”
25
の
No "north" but shorter
26
は
Ha "harm" but shorter
27
ひ
Hi "heat" but shorter
28
ふ
Fu "fool" with soft (f)
29
ヘ
He "hen"
30
ほ
Ho "horn" but shorter
31
ま
Ma "mark" but shorter
32
み
Mi "meat" but shorter
33
む
Mu "moon" but shorter
34
め
Me "met"
35
も
Mo "more" but shorter
36
や
Ya "yard" but shorter
37
ゆ
Yu "youth" but shorter
38
よ
Yo "york" but shorter
39
ら
Ra "mirage" but shorter
40
リ
Ri "reek" but shorter
41
る
Ru "rule" but shorter
42
れ
Re "red"
43
ろ
Ro "roar" but shorter
44
わ
Wa "watt"
45
を
Wo "o" in "or" but shorter
46
ん
N "sin"
