Which sound does the hiragana あ make?
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a
あ is a. Lookalikes: お is o, め is me, ぬ is nu.
Japanese Kana
Read hiragana and katakana, lookalikes, dakuten and small kana included
Japanese Kana is a Bertopia flashcard pack of 110 cards: read hiragana and katakana, lookalikes, dakuten and small kana included. It covers hiragana; katakana; dakuten and handakuten; small kana, long vowels and particles; when each script is used.
Sample cards
Which sound does the katakana ア make?
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a
ア is a. Lookalikes: マ is ma, ヤ is ya, ナ is na.
What does が read as?
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ga
The two dots (dakuten) voice a consonant: か ka becomes が ga.
What does きゃ read as?
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kya
A small ゃ after an i column kana merges into one syllable: き plus small ゃ is kya, not ki ya.
What is katakana mainly used for?
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Foreign loanwords, foreign names and emphasis
Katakana writes loanwords like テレビ (terebi), foreign names, onomatopoeia and emphasis. Hiragana handles grammatical endings and particles.
Which hiragana is i?
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い
い is i. The others: り is ri, こ is ko, に is ni.
Sources
9 sources
- Unicode Standard, Hiragana chart (U+3040 to U+309F), Unicode Consortium
- Unicode Standard, Katakana chart (U+30A0 to U+30FF), Unicode Consortium
- Wikipedia, Hiragana, Wikipedia
- Wikipedia, Katakana, Wikipedia
- Wikipedia, Dakuten and handakuten, Wikipedia
- Wikipedia, Yōon, Wikipedia
- Wikipedia, Sokuon, Wikipedia
- Tofugu, Learn Hiragana, Tofugu
- Tofugu, Learn Katakana, Tofugu
