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Produced by Mark.

The Origin of
Hiraganai‚Π‚η‚ͺ‚ȁj/Katakana(ƒJƒ^ƒJƒi):•½‰Ό–Ό^•Π‰Ό–Ό

Hiragana comes from 'Rapid-writing' in order to express Japanese original sounds.
while Katakana, it comes from the way 'extracting some part' from Kanji in order to
express foreign words.


Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
a ˆΐ¨ ‚  ˆ’¨ ƒA (ˆ’‚̍Ά‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
i ˆΘ¨ ‚’ ˆΙ¨ ƒC (ˆΙ‚̍Ά‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
u ‰F¨ ‚€ ‰F¨ ƒE (‰F‚̏γ‚Μ•”•ͺ) SOUND
e ˆί¨ ‚¦ ]¨ ƒG (]‚Μ‰E‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
o ‰—¨ ‚¨ ‰—¨ ƒI (‰—‚̍Ά‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
ka ‰Α¨ ‚© ‰Α¨ ƒJ(‰Α‚̍Ά‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
ki Šτ¨ ‚« Šτ¨ ƒL SOUND
ku ‹v¨ ‚­ ‹v¨ ƒN(‹v‚̍Ά‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
ke Œv¨ ‚― ‰ξ¨ ƒP SOUND
ko ŒΘ¨ ‚± ŒΘ¨ ƒR(ŒΘ‚̏γ‚Μ•”•ͺ) SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
sa Ά¨ ‚³ ŽU¨ ƒT(ŽU‚̍Άγ•”•ͺ) SOUND
shi ”V¨ ‚΅ ”V¨ ƒV SOUND
su ‘¨ ‚· {¨ ƒX({‚Μ‰E‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
se ’¨ ‚Ή ’¨ ƒZ SOUND
so ‘]¨ ‚» ‘]¨ ƒ\(‘]‚̏γ‚Μ•”•ͺ) SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
ta ‘Ύ¨ ‚½ ‘½¨ ƒ^(‘½‚̏γ‚Μ•”•ͺ) SOUND
chi ’m¨ ‚Ώ η¨ ƒ` SOUND
tsu μ¨ ‚Β μ¨ ƒc SOUND
te “V¨ ‚Δ “V¨ ƒe SOUND
to Ž~¨ ‚Ζ Ž~¨ ƒg(Ž~‚Μ‰Eγ•”•ͺ) SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
na “ށ¨ ‚Θ “ށ¨ ƒi(“ނ̍Άγ•”•ͺ) SOUND
ni m¨ ‚Ι “ρ¨ ƒj SOUND
nu “z¨ ‚Κ “z¨ ƒk(“z‚Μ‰E‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
ne ”I¨ ‚Λ ”I¨ ƒl(”I‚̍Ά‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
no ”T¨ ‚Μ ”T¨ ƒm(”T‚̍Ά‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
ha ”g¨ ‚Ν ”ͺ¨ ƒn SOUND
hi ”䁨 ‚Π ”䁨 ƒq(”δ‚Μ‰E‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
fu •s¨ ‚Σ •s¨ ƒt(•s‚̍Άγ•”•ͺ) SOUND
he •”¨ ‚Φ •”¨ ƒw(•”‚Μ‰E‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
ho •Ϋ¨ ‚Ω •Ϋ¨ ƒz(•Ϋ‚Μ‰E‰Ί•”•ͺ) SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
ma ––¨ ‚ά ––¨ ƒ} SOUND
mi ”ό¨ ‚έ ŽO¨ ƒ~ SOUND
mu •¨ ‚ή –΄¨ ƒ€(–΄‚̏γ‚Μ•”•ͺ) SOUND
me —¨ ‚ί —¨ ƒ(—‚Μ‰Ί‚Μ•”•ͺ) SOUND
mo –с¨ ‚ΰ –Ρ¨ ƒ‚ SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
ya –灨 ‚⠖灨 ƒ„ SOUND
yu —R¨ ‚δ —R¨ ƒ†(—R‚Μ‰E‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
yo —^¨ ‚ζ —^¨ ƒˆ SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
ra —ǁ¨ ‚η —Η¨ ƒ‰(—Η‚Μ‰Eγ•”•ͺ) SOUND
ri —˜¨ ‚θ —˜¨ ƒŠ(—˜‚Μ‰E‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
ru —―¨ ‚ι —¬¨ ƒ‹(—¬‚Μ‰E‰Ί•”•ͺ) SOUND
re —灨 ‚κ —η¨ ƒŒ(—η‚Μ‰E‘€•”•ͺ) SOUND
ro ˜C¨ ‚λ ˜C¨ ƒ(˜C‚̏γ‚Μ•”•ͺ) SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
wa ˜a¨ ‚ν ˜a¨ ƒ(˜a‚Μ‰Eγ•”•ͺ) SOUND
wi ˆΧ¨ ‚ξ(‚’) @ SOUND
we Œb¨ ‚ο(‚¦) @ SOUND
wo ‰“¨ ‚π ŒΑ¨ ƒ’ SOUND

Roman Hiragana Katakana Sound
n Ω¨ ‚ρ@@ ›•¨ ƒ“@@@@@@@@@ SOUND