Japanese syllabary of 46 basic characters derived from cursive Chinese. Primarily used for grammatical elements.
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What does it look like?
Representative glyphs and samples
◈Sample Glyphs(click to copy)
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Origins & History
Origins, history and genealogy
✦Key Features
Developed by Heian aristocratic women (9th c.) from cursive kanji. Forms Japan's syllabary system alongside Katakana.
↔Writing direction: Left to Right (LTR)
⌨Keyboard input via IME. Standard Hiragana keyboard layout supported.
U+Unicode Information
Code Block Range
Total Characters
46
Sample Code Points(click to copy)
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How is it used?
Glyph evolution, keyboard & Unicode
◎Glyph Evolution
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⌨Keyboard Layout
Hiragana Roman Input (Japanese IME)
Type Roman letters, auto-converts to Hiragana. ka→か, shi→し
たta
てte
いi
すsu
かka
んnn
なna
にni
らra
せse
ちchi
とto
しshi
はha
きki
くku
まma
のno
りri
れre
つtsu
さsa
そso
ひhi
こko
みmi
もmo
ねne
るru
めme
space
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💡 IME: Roman input → hiragana → Space to convert to kanji. Standard modern Japanese input.
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Where is it used?
Languages, countries and users
🌐Usage
Languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
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