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Beginner - Lesson 3 - Learn Hiragana Lesson

By Learn Japanese Admin - 13/05/2024

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Learn Hiragana

Have a look at the chart below on Hiragana and try to memorise this as you will need it later on.

Tips on how to pronounce the Hiragana Characters, A is Ah (ah in Bah), I is Ee (ee in meet), U is Ooh like (like moo), E is Eh (like meh), O is O (like Ou in Cough or O in Or).
Readin them out loud, KA is KAH, KI is actually KEE, KU is actually KOO, KE is KEH, and KO is KO.

Here are the groups split up

A あ, I　い, U　う, E　え, O　お
KA　か、KI　き, KU　く, KE　け, KO　こ
SA　さ, SHI　し, SU　す, SE　せ, SO　そ
TA　た, CHI　ち, TSU　つ, TE　て, TO　と
NA　な, NI　に, NU　ぬ, NE　ね, NO　の
HA　は, HI　ひ, HU　ふ, HE　へ, HO　ほ
MA　ま, MI　み, MU　む, ME　め, MO　も
YA　や, YU　ゆ, YO　よ
RA　ら, RI　り, RU　る, RE　れ, RO　ろ
WA　わ, WO　を, N　ん

Practice memorising the groups, try to repeat the sounds without looking at the chart above.

Here is a Learn Japanese video to help you learn.