How to Pronounce Hiragana - Japanese Hiragana With Audio Files

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Namiko Abe
Namiko Abe
Japanese Language Expert
  • B.A., Kwansei Gakuin University
Namiko Abe is a Japanese language teacher and translator, as well as a Japanese calligraphy expert. She has been a freelance writer for nearly 20 years.
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Updated on February 04, 2019

To learn Hiragana pronunciation, the following tables contains the 46 basic sounds found in Japanese. Click the link to listen the pronunciation of each hiragana character. If you want to learn more about Hiragana, have a look at our lessons, which will teach you each character and the correct stroke order. Learning the stroke order is a great way to remember how to draw each character.

あ (a) い (i) う (u) え (e) お (o)
か (ka) き (ki) く (ku) け (ke) こ (ko)
さ (sa) し (shi) す (su) せ (se) そ (so)
た (ta) ち (chi) つ (tsu) て (te) と (to)
な (na) に (ni) ぬ (nu) ね (ne) の (no)
は (ha) ひ (hi) ふ (fu) へ (he) ほ (ho)
ま (ma) み (mi) む (mu) め (me) も (mo)
や (ya) ゆ (yu) よ (yo)
ら (ra) り (ri) る (ru) れ (re) ろ (ro)
わ (wa) を (o)
ん (n)
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