🏠 Daily life — Part 1/3
| English | 漢字 | ひらがな | カタカナ | rōmaji | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔥 | fire | 火 | ひ | ヒ | hi |
| 🪟 | window | 窓 | まど | マド | mado |
| 🪑 | chair | 椅子 | いす | イス | isu |
| 🏠 | house | 家 | いえ | イエ | ie |
| 🌑 | Moon | 月 | つき | ツキ | tsuki |
| 🔑 | key | 鍵 | かぎ | カギ | kagi |
| ☎ | telephone call | 電話 | でんわ | デンワ | denwa |
| 🏫 | school | 学校 | がっこう | ガッコウ | gakkou |
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.