Japanese Alphabet: Hiragana & Katakana Chart with Stroke Order
Hiragana (ひらがな) — Hiragana is commonly used in sentences: writing particles, verb inflections, adjective endings, etc.
Katakana (カタカナ) — Katakana is commonly used to write foreign names, foreign place names, and loanwords (mostly from English).
Learn the 46 basic characters first, then voiced sounds, semi-voiced sounds and contracted sounds. In Japanese, pronunciation and computer typing correspond directly: typing the correct romaji produces the matching character.
Tap any character to see its stroke order, an example word and hear the pronunciation.
