Hiragana-Katakana (B’s & D’s & G’s & P’s & Z’s)

You may have noticed that there are no B’s, D’s, G’s, P’s, or Z’s in the hiragana-katakana chart. That is because the Japanese became lazy with their alphabet system and created a clever shortcut instead. Here’s how it works.

 

  Adding ``

K’s becomes G’s が ガ ga ぎ ギ gi ぐ グ gu げ ゲ ge ご ゴ  go

T’s becomes D’s だ ダ da で デ de ど ド do

H’s becomes B’s ば バ ba び ビ bi ぶ ブ bu べ ベ be ぼ ボ bo

S’s becomes Z’s/J’s ざ ザ za じ ジ ji ず ズ zu ぜ ゼ ze ぞ ゾ zo

U’s becomes V’s ヴ vu

Adding ^o

H’s becomes P’s

ぱ パ pa

ぴ ピ pi

ぷ プ pu

ぺ ペ pe

ぽ ポ po