YŌON uses smaller than usual versions of one of the three ‘y’ kana, ya, yu or yo to make a contracted word. Then we have HANDAKUTEN which is little circle which appears above the 'h' set and this transforms changes ‘h’ to ‘p’. 'Modified' is catch all term which you can use while starting to learn Japanese but you should learn the proper names and their functions.įirst we have DAKUTEN which are the two small strokes that change the sound of some Hiragana characters.įor example: The ‘k’ sound becomes a ‘g’ sound ( example: ka か becomes ga が ) A lot of Hiragana symbols resemble Katakana symbols so you are already on your way to mastering that too. Hiragana and Katakana each consist of 46 basic characters which can be modified slightly to cover every syllable you need. Our Hiragana Chart is split into two: Basic and Modified Hiragana
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