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ta



 ta-(tah)

chi



 chi-(chee)see note 1

tsu



 tsu-(szoo)see note 2

te



 te-(teh)

to



 to-(toh)

 kanachart.com is a quick and easy online kana reference for those learning japanese.

 hiragana and katakana alphabets are arranged by their starting letter; just click on the letter you want.

 the numbered notes below the chart add little explanations for special characters that are different to normal ones.

 to help you remember the characters in each chart, there's some example words at the bottom of each page.

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da



 da-(dah)

ji



 ji-(jee)see note 3

zu



 zu-(zoo)see note 4

de



 de-(deh)

do



 do-(doh)

cha



 cha-(chah)


chu



 chu-(choo)


cho



 cho-(choh)
 note 1: the character 'chi' is an exception to the t characters in that it starts with 'ch'. as shown in the pronunciation brackets it is pronounced differently too.
 note 2: the character 'tsu' is an exception to the t characters in that it contains an s. as shown in the pronunciation brackets it is pronounced differently too.
 note 3: the character 'ji' is an exception to the d characters in that it starts with a j. this character is old fashioned and very rarely used.
 note 4: the character 'zu' is an exception to the d characters in that it starts with a z. this character is old fashioned and very rarley used.
 kc says: when combined with a little (lower-case) character you compress the sounds of the two characters, making new (more rarely used) characters; pronounced as shown. only the characters shown here can be compressed in this way.
examples
ta-ku-shii - takushii (means 'taxi') te-ni-su - tenisu (means 'tennis')

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