Kana Game: Learn Hiragana and Katakana through game - YukiNihongo

 

Hover over the kana to show its romanization and type the answer.

• Play Sound
• Stroke Order

Hiragana ・ひらがな

あ・い・う・え・お

か・き・く・け・こ

さ・し・す・せ・そ

た・ち・つ・て・と

な・に・ぬ・ね・の

は・ひ・ふ・へ・ほ

ま・み・む・め・も

や・ゆ・よ

ら・り・る・れ・ろ

わ・を・ん

▼ Alternative characters (ga · ba · kya..)

が・ぎ・ぐ・げ・ご

ざ・じ・ず・ぜ・ぞ

だ・ぢ・づ・で・ど

ば・び・ぶ・べ・ぼ

ぱ・ぴ・ぷ・ぺ・ぽ

きゃ・きゅ・きょ

しゃ・しゅ・しょ

ちゃ・ちゅ・ちょ

にゃ・にゅ・にょ

ひゃ・ひゅ・ひょ

みゃ・みゅ・みょ

りゃ・りゅ・りょ

ぎゃ・ぎゅ・ぎょ

じゃ・じゅ・じょ

ぢゃ・ぢゅ・ぢょ

びゃ・びゅ・びょ

ぴゃ・ぴゅ・ぴょ

Katakana ・カタカナ

ア・イ・ウ・エ・オ

カ・キ・ク・ケ・コ

サ・シ・ス・セ・ソ

タ・チ・ツ・テ・ト

ナ・ニ・ヌ・ネ・ノ

ハ・ヒ・フ・ヘ・ホ

マ・ミ・ム・メ・モ

ヤ・ユ・ヨ

ラ・リ・ル・レ・ロ

ワ・ヲ・ン

▼ Alternative characters (ga · ba · kya..)

ガ・ギ・グ・ゲ・ゴ

ザ・ジ・ズ・ゼ・ゾ

ダ・ヂ・ヅ・デ・ド

バ・ビ・ブ・ベ・ボ

キャ・キュ・キョ

シャ・シュ・ショ

チャ・チュ・チョ

ニャ・ニュ・ニョ

ヒャ・ヒュ・ヒョ

ミャ・ミュ・ミョ

ギャ・ギュ・ギョ

ジャ・ジュ・ジョ

ヂャ・ヂュ・ヂョ

ビャ・ビュ・ビョ

ピャ・ピュ・ピョ

Fonts

あ

(The last font above is difficult and you may want to skip it as a beginner.)

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Explanation

Master one row of kana by practicing until you stop making mistakes, then move on to the next. Use the Play Sound button to ensure correct pronunciation, and if you're learning to write, the Stroke Order button will guide you through the proper writing form.

The two dots (「゛」dakuten) next to certain kana indicate that the consonant is "muddied". For example, か (ka) becomes が (ga). The consonants transform as follows:

• k -> g
• t -> d
• h/f -> b
• s/ts -> z
• sh/ch -> j

A few kana add a circle to indicate a "p" transformation. For example, ほ (ho) becomes ぽ (po).

The smaller kana ゅ, ょ, and ゃ are used to combine kana sounds. For example, in ぎゃ the consonant of ぎ (gi) combines with the sound from や (ya): gya. The small っ (distinct from つ/tsu) is not itself pronounced, but lengthens the consonant that follows, as in にっぽん (nippon); the effect of holding your mouth in the consonant's position resembles a small pause.