These are the rest of the hiragana characters. They are made by simply adding
higori (the two little lines - " - ) or maru (the little circle - o - ) to
the upper right corner of the character.
| GA |
GI |
GU |
GE |
GO |
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| ZA |
JI |
ZU |
ZE |
ZO |
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| DA |
JI |
ZU |
DE |
DO |
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| BA |
BI |
BU |
BE |
BO |
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| PA |
PI |
PU |
PE |
PO |
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As you can see, there are two ways to write JI (じ and ぢ) and ZU (ず and
づ). JI and ZU are written じ and ず except in the following situations
(where ぢ and づ) are used:
1)when a word beginning with chi or tsu is
placed after another element in a compound word (chi then changes into ji, and
is written ぢ).
EXAMPLE : はなぢ - nose bleed
hanaji= はな(nose)＋ち(blood)
EXAMPLE : みかずき-new moon mikazuki=みか(new)+つき(moon)
2)when, in
a word, zu is after tsu, or ji after chi
EXAMPLE : つづく - to continue (tsuzuku)
EXAMPLE : ちぢむ- to shrink (chijimu)
Now, as usual,
some practice words for these hiragana:
ひだり - left
みぎ - right
うで - arm
でんわ - phone
こども - child
まど - window
かばん - bag
ぎんこう - bank
みず - water
ごぜん - morning, A.M.
ごご - afternoon, P.M.
かぞく - family