Hiragana ひらがな worksheets free printables
Hiragana ひらがな worksheets free printables
日語 Japanese:ひらがな 平仮名
ローマ字 Romaji:Hiragana hiragana
英語 English:Plain letter Simple alias
教材 Learning materials:
Hiranaga 50 chart Worksheet Free PDF Download Q
Hiranaga 50 chart Worksheet Free PDF Download A
Hiranaga Dakuon Diacritics Worksheet Free PDF Download Q
Hiranaga Dakuon Diacritics Worksheet Free PDF Download A
Hiranaga Youon Contractions Worksheet Free PDF Download Q
Hiranaga Youon Contractions Worksheet Free PDF Download A
品詞 Parts of speech:めいし 名詞 Meishi Noun
意味 Meaning:Hiragana (ひらがな) is a basic character set like ABC, Alphabet in Western culture. Each Hiragana has a sound, for example, あ sounds A, and お sounds O. The Japanese word あお sounds Ao and means blue. Japanese children learn Hiragana in first grade, or Grade 1, public elementary school (小学校) at age six. After the children master Hiragana, they go a stage further: Katakana (カタカナ) and Kanji (漢字). Many introductory textbooks are written with Hurigana (ふりがな), the Hiragana assistant. So, we teachers advise students to start with mastering Hiragana.
平仮名50音図 Hiranaga 50 chart:
A | I | U | E | O | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ア行 | あ | い | う | え | お | |
ー | a | i | u | e | 0 | |
カ行 | か | き | く | け | こ | |
K | ka | ki | ku | ke | ko | |
サ行 | さ | し | す | せ | そ | |
S | sa | shi | su | se | so | |
タ行 | た | ち | つ | て | と | |
T | ta | chi | tsu | te | to | |
ナ行 | な | に | ぬ | ね | の | |
N | na | ni | nu | ne | no | |
ハ行 | は | ひ | ふ | へ | ほ | |
H | ha | hi | fu | he | ho | |
マ行 | ま | み | む | め | も | |
M | ma | mi | mu | me | mo | |
ヤ行 | や | い | ゆ | え | よ | |
Y | ya | yi | yu | ye | yo | |
ラ行 | ら | り | る | れ | ろ | |
R | ra | ri | ru | re | ro | |
ワ行 | わ | ゐ | う | ゑ | を | |
W | wa | wi | wu | we | wo | |
ン行 | ん | |||||
ー | nn |
A | I | U | E | O | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ガ行 | が | ぎ | ぐ | げ | ご | |
g | ga | gi | gu | ge | go | |
ザ行 | ざ | じ | ず | ぜ | ぞ | |
z | za | ji | zu | ze | zo | |
ダ行 | だ | ぢ | づ | で | ど | |
d | da | ji | zu | de | do | |
バ行 | ば | び | ぶ | べ | ぼ | |
b | ba | bi | bu | be | bo | |
パ行 | ぱ | ぴ | ぷ | ぺ | ぽ | |
p | pa | pi | pu | pe | po |
A | I | U | E | O | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
カ行 | きゃ | きゅ | きょ | |||
ky | kya | kyu | kyo | |||
サ行 | しゃ | しゅ | しょ | |||
sh | sha | shu | sho | |||
タ行 | ちゃ | ちゅ | ちょ | |||
ch | cha | chu | cho | |||
ナ行 | にゃ | にゅ | にょ | |||
ny | nya | nyu | nyo | |||
ハ行 | ひゃ | ひゅ | ひょ | |||
hy | hya | hyu | hyo | |||
マ行 | みゃ | みゅ | みょ | |||
my | mya | myu | myo | |||
ラ行 | りゃ | りゅ | りょ | |||
ry | rya | ryu | ryo | |||
ガ行 | ぎゃ | ぎゅ | ぎょ | |||
gy | gya | gyu | gyo | |||
ザ行 | じゃ | じゅ | じょ | |||
j | ja | ju | jo | |||
ダ行 | ぢゃ | ぢゅ | ぢょ | |||
j | ja | ju | jo | |||
バ行 | びゃ | びゅ | びょ | |||
by | bya | byu | byo | |||
パ行 | ぴゃ | ぴゅ | ぴょ | |||
py | pya | pyu | pyo |
平 Flat Plain Simple Horizon
仮 Temporal Trasitory Fake Disguise
名 Name Title Address
例文 Example sentence:
日文 Japanese sentence:
英文 English sentence:
We learn Hiragana first at Japanese school.
語感 Nuanace:どちらも Both かため Formal やわらかめ Casual
類義 Synonym:
仮名文字 かなもじ Kanamoji Temporal letter
仮名 かな Kana Temporal name
手習い てならい Tenarai Hand training
女手 おんなで Onnade Woman hand
対義 Antonym:
片仮名 カタカナ かたかな Katakana Half letter
真名 まな Mana True name
派生 Derivative:
仮名 かな Kana + 文字 もじ moji ⇒ 仮名文字 かなもじ Kanamoji Temporal letter
仮名 かな Kana + 書き かき Kaki ⇒ 仮名書き かなかき Kanakaki ⇒ 連濁 Rendaku Euphony ⇒ Kaki changes into gaki ⇒ 仮名書き かながき Kanagaki
韓語 Hanguel:히라가나 (ひらがな)
繁体 Traditional Chinese:平假名 píng jiǎ míng
簡体 Simplified Chinese:平假名 píng jiǎ míng
データ Data:
Mystery of やいゆえよ and わゐうゑを:
い and え in やいゆえよ have been assimilated to あいうえお. いえ in やいゆえよ and いえ in あいうえお are used in the exact same way in modern Japanese: the same letters, the same sounds, and the same meanings.
ゐ and ゑ in わゐうゑを are not used in modern Japanese. Some public schools do not teach these two characters at all. However, they appear in classic Japanese (古典日本語) written before Meiji Restoration (明治維新 1868CE).
The sounds やいゆえよ ( Ya Yi Yu Ye Yo ) and わゐうゑを ( Wa Wi Wu We Wo ) remain in modern Korean (現代韓国語) and modern Chinese (現代中国語).
歴史 History:
After the arrival of Kanji from the Asian continent, people in the Japanese archipelago made Hiragana (ひらがな) and Katakana (カタカナ) by modifying Kanji.
Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana were used in different situations. Kanji was mainly used in formal documents for writing laws and regulations. Hiragana and Katakana were for daily use. All Hiragana have a cursive form so they are easy to write with a brush on paper, favored by indoor workers. On the contrary, all Katakana have a sharp form so they are easy to carve in stone and wood, favored by outdoor workers.
In the Heian period (平安時代 794CE--1192CE 398years), Kino Tsurayuki (紀貫之), an aristocrat from Kyoto, was asked by the emperor to compile a poetry collection. He wrote the introduction of the collection in both Kanji and Hiragana.
The most influential works written in Hiragana are Iroha Uta (いろは歌), Kokin Wakashu (古今和歌集), Makurano Soushi (枕草子), and Genji Monogatari (源氏物語). All the works are taught in Japanese public schools.
探究 Further study:
山口仲美(やまぐちなかみ). 日本語の歴史. 2006.
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