How to Pronounce Hiragana - Japanese Hiragana With Audio Files

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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.

(a) (i) (u) (e) (o)
(ka) (ki) (ku) (ke) (ko)
(sa) (shi) (su) (se) (so)
(ta) (chi) (tsu) (te) (to)
(na) (ni) (nu) (ne) (no)
(ha) (hi) (fu) (he) (ho)
(ma) (mi) (mu) (me) (mo)
(ya) (yu) (yo)
(ra) (ri) (ru) (re) ろ (ro)
(wa) (o)
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