Alphabets in japenese language

The 3 Japanese writing systems 1. Hiragana (and our Hiragana chart) Hiragana is the backbone to all Japanese learning. It helps you learn the basics of pronunciation in Japanese and start to understand the building blocks of the language. Hiragana characters represent the 46 primary sounds used in Japanese, and are usually used to write words that are originally Japanese. We organise them by the consonant they start with and the vowel that follows. For vowel order, in learning Japanese, we use a (ah), i (ee), u (oo), e (eh), o (oh). 2. Katakana (and a handy Katakana chart) Conveniently, the katakana character set covers the same sounds as hiragana. Some of the characters even look a bit similar, like ‘mo’ – も and モ – and ‘ya’ – や and ヤ.