🐾 Animals — Part 3/4
| English | 漢字 | ひらがな | カタカナ | rōmaji | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍 | snake | 蛇 | へび | ヘビ | hebi |
| 🐀 | mouse | 鼠 | ネズミ | ネズミ | nezumi |
| 🐀 | animal | 動物 | どうぶつ | ドウブツ | doubutsu |
| 🦊 | fox | 狐 | きつね | キツネ | kitsune |
| 🐻 | bear | 熊 | くま | クマ | kuma |
| 🐛 | insect | 虫 | むし | ムシ | mushi |
| 🐑 | sheep | 羊 | ひつじ | ヒツジ | hitsuji |
| 🦋 | butterfly | 蝶 | ちょう | チョウ | chou |
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.