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JLPT N5 · カタカナ
Katakana カタカナ
The alphabet is used to write words borrowed from foreign languages and proper names. Click on a letter to see the red strokes run one after another in the correct order — most useful in easily confused pairs like シ with ツ or ソ with ン, since they only differ in stroke direction.
- アLetter table & stroke order
- 拗Compound sound
- 外Foreign sounds
- 書Practice writing
- 紙Writing practice paper
Alphabet 五十音
Click on a letter to see the stroke order
aiueo A ア行 K カ行 S サ行 T タ行 N ナ行 H ハ行 M マ行 Y ヤ行 R ラ行 W ワ行 N 撥音
濁音・半濁音
Add ゛ or ゜ to known words — not new words
aiueo ガ行 カ + ゛ ザ行 サ + ゛ ダ行 タ + ゛ バ行 ハ + ゛ パ行 ハ + ゜
拗音 · Compound sounds
36 combinations — second letter ャ・ュ・ョ written small
キ K
シ S
チ T
ニ N
ヒ H
ミ M
リ R
ギ G
ジ J
ヂ D The Japan Foundation states: ほとんど使われない — hardly used. This sound is written with ジャ・ジュ・ジョ.
ビ B
ピ P
外来語 · Foreign sounds
33 spellings for borrowed words — the second letter is written small
シェ SH · J · CH
ティ T
ディ D
イェ Y
ウィ W
ファ F
ツァ TS
クァ KW
グァ GW
ヴァ V Japan Foundation notes: the letter V can be written with ヴ, but when speaking, Japanese people often pronounce it closer to B.
Two special marks 促音・長音
Not letters, but found everywhere
ア A
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Practice writing quickly
Fill in the blurred letters, then write yourself in the blank box
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The first box is the model letter, the next two boxes fade out to follow, and the last two boxes are for writing yourself. The cross in the middle of the box helps align the letter shape.
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Writing practice paper れんしゅうちょう
Print in A4 size, one letter per sheet
1 A4 sheet · 120 box per sheet
- アRow 1: sample letters
- アRow 2: medium letter to fill with
- アFive cells in row 3: very faint text
- Remaining: blank box to write yourself
Turn on “Background graphics” in the print dialog, or the paper stays white.
JNews · jnews.jp — Japanese for Vietnamese learners
Stroke order diagram taken from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), hosted on JNews server. Source and license · Compare the Japan Foundation's Katakana table (IRODORI「ひらがな・カタカナのことば」): 36 digraphs 拗音 and 33 ways to record foreign words. The label ほとんど使われない is the document's own note for ヂャ・ヂュ・ヂョ.