Hiragana practice
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About this hiragana quiz
Which characters should I practice?
Start with the rows you have studied, or bring a selection from the hiragana chart. Choose Look-alikes to compare commonly confused shapes. This quiz covers 46 basic and 25 marked characters. All 46 selects the basics; marked sounds are separate choices. Small kana and two-kana combinations are outside this quiz.
What is the difference between practice and a full test?
Practice brings a missed or assisted character back after other questions where possible. A full test gives every selected character one scored first attempt, without scheduling later retries. You can still ask for help or try again; extra tries do not change the first-attempt score.
Which romaji spellings count?
The displayed readings use Hepburn spellings. Character questions also accept si for shi, ti for chi, tu for tsu, hu for fu, zi for ji (じ), and wo for を. This tests a reading, not a Japanese keyboard: ぢ is read ji and づ is read zu; keyboard inputs di and du are different. Word questions accept the same spellings, and m or n before b, p or m (tempura or tenpura, sampo or sanpo), ignoring spaces, letter case and a full stop at the end. Full-width letters count as well. If your keyboard types kana or kanji, the quiz does not score it and asks you to switch to English input.
Can I practice listening or writing here?
Generated audio is available in the listening section. This quiz checks written readings. Use stroke order for writing models, writing practice for tracing, and reading practice for longer texts.
Can I print a hiragana test?
Use Print a test to print your selected characters in a shuffled order, with empty answer lines and a separate answer key. Choose US Letter or A4 next to the button; this browser remembers your choice. Your browser’s print dialog can also save it as a PDF. With JavaScript off, the printed test covers all 46 basic characters.
Hiragana character recall test46 basic characters · Write each reading in romaji. Name: ____________________ Date: ______________ |
Stroke drawings: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Teaching content is draft pending educator review. |
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Answer key
- お · o
- は · ha
- う · u
- よ · yo
- ろ · ro
- そ · so
- め · me
- こ · ko
- れ · re
- も · mo
- わ · wa
- い · i
- ん · n
- な · na
- え · e
- ひ · hi
- あ · a
- り · ri
- つ · tsu
- ら · ra
- ち · chi
- さ · sa
- ぬ · nu
- や · ya
- す · su
- た · ta
- し · shi
- へ · he
- む · mu
- る · ru
- ね · ne
- く · ku
- と · to
- せ · se
- け · ke
- ま · ma
- ゆ · yu
- き · ki
- み · mi
- ふ · fu
- て · te
- を · o
- に · ni
- ほ · ho
- か · ka
- の · no
Stroke drawings: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Teaching content is draft pending educator review.
Teaching content is draft pending Japanese educator review. Generated audio is available in the listening section. Stroke drawings: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Listen to the sounds and examples on this page
Generated speech: Google Cloud Text-to-Speech. Checked by a native Japanese speaker. Audio is available only for items with a Listen button. Listen plays at normal speed; Slow gives more listening time at the original pitch. Sound hints are drafts pending educator review.
Kana sounds
- ひ hi
- も mo
- す su
- ぢ ji
- そ so
- か ka
- い i
- よ yo
- な na
- ら ra
- む mu
- て te
- ば ba
- ぴ pi
- の no
- え e
- め me
- だ da
- つ tsu
- き ki
- せ se
- び bi
- ど do
- が ga
- ま ma
- げ ge
- ゆ yu
- た ta
- じ ji
- ず zu
- れ re
- ぼ bo
- ぶ bu
- ろ ro
- ち chi
- り ri
- う u
- ふ fu
- ぞ zo
- へ he
- と to
- ぱ pa
- ぎ gi
- お o
- く ku
- ん n
- ほ ho
- べ be
- ぽ po
- ね ne
- け ke
- ぷ pu
- ぐ gu
- ぜ ze
- る ru
- み mi
- し shi
- ぺ pe
- あ a
- を o
- わ wa
- ご go
- は ha
- に ni
- ざ za
- づ zu
- こ ko
- さ sa
- ぬ nu
- や ya
- で de
Example words
- くるま car
- うえ above; top
- ゆき snow
- ふね boat; ship
- かぜ wind
- こえ voice
- つき moon
- たこ octopus
- さけ sake; alcoholic drink
- えき station
- そら sky
- かき persimmon
- まめ bean
- いと thread
- くつ shoes
- さんぽ walk; stroll
- しんぱい worry; concern
- あさ morning
- りんご apple
- かべ wall
- いえ house
- あめ rain
- ゆめ dream
- てんぷら tempura
- みみ ear
- いい good
- うみ sea
- ほし star
- かぎ key
- なつ summer
- いぬ dog
- はな flower
- やま mountain
- きく chrysanthemum
- とり bird
- あい love
- よる night
- えんぴつ pencil
- なに what
- すし sushi
- あお blue
- て hand
- あし foot; leg
- かお face
- はじめまして Nice to meet you (first greeting)
- ふゆ winter
- ひと person
- ねこ cat
- みず water