Appendix:Hiragana script
This appendix explains characters written in the Hiragana script.
Collation edit
The gojūon table edit
The table below shows the gojūon table with all hiragana characters, except alternative versions such as small characters or with diacritics, as they are most commonly organized.
Hiragana gojūon table | |||||
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Row A (あ段) |
Row I (い段) |
Row U (う段) |
Row E (え段) |
Row O (お段) | |
Section A (あ行) | あ | い | う | え | お |
Section KA (か行) | か | き | く | け | こ |
Section SA (さ行) | さ | し | す | せ | そ |
Section TA (た行) | た | ち | つ | て | と |
Section NA (な行) | な | に | ぬ | ね | の |
Section HA (は行) | は | ひ | ふ | へ | ほ |
Section MA (ま行) | ま | み | む | め | も |
Section YA (や行) | や | ゆ | よ | ||
Section RA (ら行) | ら | り | る | れ | ろ |
Section WA (わ行) | わ | ゐ | ゑ | を | |
ん |
Iroha ordering system edit
Another ordering system is the iroha, based on a Japanese poem that, if written in hiragana, each character appears exactly once, similarly to a pangram:
いろはにほへとちりぬるをわかよたれそつねならむうゐのおくやまけふこえてあさきゆめみしゑひもせす
Orthographic variations edit
Hiragana characters with diacritics edit
う | か | き | く | け | こ | さ | し | す | せ | そ | た | ち | つ | て | と | は | ひ | ふ | へ | ほ | |
Dakuten | ゔ | が | ぎ | ぐ | げ | ご | ざ | じ | ず | ぜ | ぞ | だ | ぢ | づ | で | ど | ば | び | ぶ | べ | ぼ |
Handakuten | ぱ | ぴ | ぷ | ぺ | ぽ |
Additional characters with diacritics edit
Additional characters with diacritics (Part 2) edit
Small forms edit
These are hiragana characters written in small size. They often serve functions different from those of their normal-size counterparts.