The Hiragana & Katakana Chart
The complete kana chart for hiragana and katakana is in Nihongo Journey, our free learning app. Every character can be heard, not just read.
Hiragana and katakana, one full chart
Both scripts in full, in three families. The order and column counts are never rearranged, so the chart reads as a pattern — not a list to memorise.
Gojūon 五十音
The basic syllables, five to a row: a i u e o, then ka ki ku ke ko. Each column is one vowel, so reading down shows the pattern at once.
Dakuten & handakuten 濁音・半濁音
Two small marks that change a sound: ka becomes ga, ha becomes ba or pa. Same five vowel columns as the gojūon.
Yōon 拗音
Combinations like kya, kyu, kyo — three columns, not five. きゃ sits in the ya column and is one syllable, not き followed by あ.
Hear it, then test yourself
In Nihongo Journey, tap any character to hear it. A short quiz draws its questions from the same tables, so what you practise is exactly what you looked at.
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