レッスン2 - Lesson 2
Japanese Hiragana Alphabet: Table of Characters with Transcription and Stroke Order
| あ | か | さ | た | な | は | ま | や | ら | わ | |
| い | き | し | ち | に | ひ | み | り | |||
| う | く | す | つ | ぬ | ふ | む | ゆ | る | ||
| え | け | せ | て | ね | へ | め | れ | |||
| お | こ | そ | と | の | ほ | も | よ | ろ | を | ん |
Yes, this is another syllabary, and learning it is mandatory. Both syllabaries must be learned, it doesn’t matter which one is first and which is second. Read more about the difference between the syllabaries in Lesson 4.
Below are examples of the correct stroke order for the Hiragana characters.
Note that the characters consist of strokes, each written in one continuous motion (regardless of its complexity) in a specific direction. (Click on the image to view the animation.)
Hiragana Alphabet: All 46 Characters with Stroke Order
The * symbol marks characters that have fallen out of use.
Additional links to the song: ↗ 🔵 VK, ↗ ⚫ RuTube
Hiragana in Romaji Transcription
| A | KA | SA | TA | NA | HA | MA | YA | RA | WA | |
| I | KI | SHI | CHI | NI | HI | MI | RI | |||
| U | KU | SU | TSU | NU | FU | MU | YU | RU | ||
| E | KE | SE | TE | NE | HE | ME | RE | |||
| O | KO | SO | TO | NO | HO | MO | YO | RO | WO | N |
Below is an optional part of the lesson (as this will be written about later, the main thing is to learn the 2 syllabaries.)
Syllables of the か, さ, た, and は columns and their voiced counterparts written in Hiragana
Voiced Syllables of Hiragana: Dakuten (Nigori) and Handakuten (Hannigori)
| か | が | さ | ざ | た | だ | は | ば | は | ぱ |
| き | ぎ | し | じ | ち | ぢ | ひ | び | ひ | ぴ |
| く | ぐ | す | ず | つ | づ | ふ | ぶ | ふ | ぷ |
| け | げ | せ | ぜ | て | で | へ | べ | へ | ぺ |
| こ | ご | そ | ぞ | と | ど | ほ | ぼ | ほ | ぽ |
Syllables of the KA, SA, TA, and HA columns and their voiced counterparts in Romaji transcription
| KA | GA | SA | ZA | TA | DA | HA | BA | HA | PA |
| KI | GI | SHI | JI | CHI | JI | HI | BI | HI | PI |
| KU | GU | SU | ZU | TSU | ZU | FU | BU | FU | PU |
| KE | GE | SE | ZE | TE | DE | HE | BE | HE | PE |
| KO | GO | SO | ZO | TO | DO | HO | BO | HO | PO |
Syllables with Soft Consonants in Hiragana
| Syllables | Voiced counterpart | Syllables | Voiced counterpart | |
| ききゃ ししゃ ちちゃ ににゃ | ぎぎゃ じじゃ ぢぢゃ — | ひひゃ みみゃ りりゃ | びびゃ — — | ぴぴゃ |
| ききゅ ししゅ ちちゅ ににゅ | ぎぎゅ じじゅ ぢぢゅ — | ひひゅ みみゅ りりゅ | びびゅ — — | ぴぴゅ |
| ききょ ししょ ちちょ ににょ | ぎぎょ じじょ ぢぢょ — | ひひょ みみょ りりょ | びびょ — — | ぴぴょ |
Syllables with soft consonants in Romaji transcription
| KI KYA SHI SHA CHI CHA NI NYA | GI GYA JI JA JI JA — | HI HYA MI MYA RI RYA | BI BYA — — | PI PYA |
| KI KYU SHI SHU CHI CHU NI NYU | GI GYU JI JU JI JU — | HI HYU MI MYU RI RYU | BI BYU — — | PI PYU |
| KI KYO SHI SHO CHI CHO NI NYO | GI GYO JI JO JI JO — | HI HYO MI MYO RI RYO | BI BYO — — | PI PYO |
Exercises for Reading and Writing in Hiragana
1. Read and write using the Latin alphabet (Romaji).
P.S. There is no need to translate this text; just find the characters you’ve learned, and that’s it. Only the syllabaries. Anything that might be unclear will be explained in future lessons.
2. Read and write using the Hiragana syllabary (the translation is provided in parentheses, and case particles indicated in a special way are marked with curly brackets).
HAI (Yes.). IIE (No.). KONNICHI{WA} (Hello!). OHAYO: GOZAIMASU (Good morning!). KOMBAN{WA} (Good evening!). YOKU IRASSHAIMASHITA (Welcome!). SAYO:NARA (Goodbye!). ARIGATO: GOZAIMASU (Thank you!). SHITSUREI SHIMASU (Excuse me!). DO:ZO (Please!). YOROKONDE ITADAKIMASU (With pleasure!). MOCHIRON (Of course!). SORE{WA} DEKIMASEN (That is impossible!). CHOTTO MATTE KUDASAI (Please wait a moment!). MISETE KUDASAI (Please show me!). MITEMO II DESU KA (May I take a look?). HAITTEMO II DESU KA (May I come in?). DO:ZO TETSUDATTE KUDASAI (Please help me!). SHINNEN OMEDETO: GOZAIMASU (Happy New Year!). KYO:{WA} NANI{O} NASAIMASU KA (What are you doing today?). EIGO{WA} HANASEMASU KA (Do you speak English?). WATASHI{WA} NIHONGO{O} HANASEMASEN (I don’t speak Japanese.). KINO: (yesterday). KYO: (today). ASHITA (tomorrow). WATAKUSHI (I). ANATA (you). WATAKUSHITACHI (we). OOKII (big). CHIISAI (small). KOREWA {particle} IKURA DESU KA (How much is this?).

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