primary syllables secondary syllables hiragana

a i u e o a u o kc says
kc says: the
hiragana alphabet is
a
the primary native
a-(ah) i-(ee) u-(oo) e-(eh) o-(oh) japanese alphabet, it
can be used to
phonetically write all
k native japanese words.
ka-(kah) ki-(kee) ku-(koo) ke-(keh) ko-(koh) kya-(kyah) kyu-(kyoo) kyo-(kyoh) kc says: * this
character is an
exception to the
g
standard rule for this
ga-(gah) gi-(gee) gu-(goo) ge-(geh) go-(goh) gya-(gyah) gyu-(gyoo) gyo-(gyoh) letter.
kc says: $ the
s second 'wa' shown
here is a grammatical
sa-(sah) shi-(shee) * su-(soo) se-(seh) so-(soh) sha-(shah) shu-(shoo) sho-(shoh) particle. this character
is written like 'ha'.
z kc says: % this
character is not related
za-(zah) ji-(jee) * zu-(zoo) ze-(zeh) zo-(zoh) ja-(jah) ju-(joo) jo-(joh)
to characters in the
first 'n' chart.
t kc says: # the
ta-(tah) chi-(chee) * tsu-(szoo) * te-(teh) to-(toh) cha-(chah) chu-(choo) cho-(choh) second 'o' shown here
is a grammatical
particle known as an
d object marker.
da-(dah) ji-(jee) * zu-(zoo) * de-(deh) do-(doh) kc says: secondary
syllables: when
combined with a little
n (lower-case) character
na-(nah) ni-(nee) nu-(noo) ne-(neh) no-(noh) nya-(nyah) nyu-(nyoo) nyo-(nyoh) you compress the
sounds of the two
characters,
h pronounced as shown.
only the characters
ha-(hah) hi-(hee) fu-(fhu) * he-(heh) ho-(hoh) hya-(hyah) hyu-(hyoo) hyo-(hyoh)
shown here can be
compressed in this
b way.

ba-(bah) bi-(bee) bu-(boo) be-(beh) bo-(boh) bya-(byah) byu-(byoo) byo-(byoh)

p
pa-(pah) pi-(pee) pu-(pooh) pe-(peh) po-(poh) pya-(pyah) pyu-(pyoo) pyo-(pyoh)

m
ma-(mah) mi-(mee) mu-(moo) me-(meh) mo-(moh) mya-(myah) myu-(myoo) myo-(myoh)

y
ya-(yah) yu-(yoo) yo-(yoh)

r
ra-(rah) ri-(ree) ru-(roo) re-(reh) ro-(roh) rya-(rya) ryu-(ryoo) ryo-(ryoh)

w
n
o
wa-(wah) wa-(wah) $ n-(nnn) % o-(oh) #

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