Japanese Alphabet | Linguanaut
www.linguanaut.com › learn-japanese › alphabetThe Japanese alphabet is usually referred to as kana, specifically hiragana and katakana. While the Hiragana consists of 48 syllables, it is a phonetic alphabet where each alphabetic combination represents just a single sound. Thus any Japanese word can be written in a way that can be read without having to remember how the word is pronounced.
Japanese Alphabet - Rocket Languages
www.rocketlanguages.com › japanese-alphabetThe 46 hiragana characters are shown in the table below in "alphabetical" or "dictionary order." In this table, the characters are read from left to right, beginning from the top row. So we read あ (a), い (i), う (u), え (e), お (o), then か (ka), き (ki), く (ku), け (ke), こ (ko), and so on. Japanese pronunciation is easy!
Japanese Alphabet and Pronunciation - Learn Languages
mylanguages.org › japanese_alphabetJapanese Alphabet English Sound Pronunciation Example; あ: a: as in acute: い: i: as in ink: う: oo: as in tool: え: e: as in elephant: お: o: as in Omega: は: ha: as in Hanukkah: ひ: hi: as in history: ふ: fu: as in Fuji: へ: he: as in help: ほ: ho: as in home: か: kka: as in Hanukkah: き: ki: as in kiss: く: ko: as in cook: け: ke: as in kept: こ: ko: as in Korea: ま: ma: as in machine: み: mi: as in ministry: む: mu: as in moon: め: me