🐾 Animals — Part 2/4
| English | 漢字 | ひらがな | カタカナ | rōmaji | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🐂 | cattle | 牛 | うし | ウシ | ushi |
| 🐖 | pig | 豚 | ぶた | ブタ | buta |
| 🐔 | chicken | 鶏 | にわとり | ニワトリ | niwatori |
| 🐒 | monkey | 猿 | さる | サル | saru |
| 🐎 | horse | 馬 | うま | ウマ | uma |
| 🐕 | dog | 犬 | いぬ | イヌ | inu |
| 🦁 | lion | — | ライオン | ライオン | raion |
| 🐦 | bird | 鳥 | とり | トリ | tori |
How to read this sheet
- 漢字 kanji
- Characters borrowed from Chinese that carry meaning. One character can have several readings depending on the word.
- ひらがな hiragana
- The core Japanese syllabary. Every word can be written in hiragana — it also shows you exactly how the kanji is pronounced.
- カタカナ katakana
- The angular syllabary used for loanwords (パン, バス), emphasis and many animal or science terms.
- romaji
- Latin-alphabet transcription (Hepburn style) — a pronunciation guide while your kana is still warming up.