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Learn Hiragana: だくてん、はんだくてん、ちいさいかな (Bonus lesson) – Japanese from 0 to 100

2026-04-18100-Day Kind Japanese ChallengeKind Japanese

🌏 Japanese from 0 to 100 — Bonus Lesson

Dakuten, Handakuten & Small Kana (てんてん・まる・小さいかな)


⚠️ Important:

This lesson is essential.

Without this, you cannot read real Japanese.

Make sure you understand this before moving on.


🔤 Dakuten (゛)

K-row

Base

Changed

Reading

ga

gi

gu

ge

go


S-row

Base

Changed

Reading

za

ji

zu

ze

zo


T-row

Base

Changed

Reading

da

ji

zu

de

do


H-row (Dakuten)

Base

Changed

Reading

ba

bi

bu

be

bo


🔤 Handakuten (゜)

Base

Changed

Reading

pa

pi

pu

pe

po


🔤 Small やゆよ

Combination

Reading

きゃ

kya

きゅ

kyu

きょ

kyo

しゃ

sha

しゅ

shu

しょ

sho

ちゃ

cha

ちゅ

chu

ちょ

cho


🔊 Pronunciation Tips

• が = stronger than か
• ぱ = clear “pa”
• きゃ = NOT ki + ya

👉 Blend sounds smoothly


📝 Example Words

  • がくせい = gakusei (student)
  • でんしゃ = densha (train)
  • ぱん = pan (bread)
  • きょう = kyou (today)
  • ざっし = zasshi (magazine)

❌ Common Mistakes

• きゃ → “ki-ya”
• ignoring ゛ / ゜
• confusing じ / ぢ

👉 Small changes = big difference


🎯 Practice

👉 が ぎ ぐ げ ご
👉 ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽ
👉 きゃ きゅ きょ

Repeat 5 times


🧪 Quiz (20 Questions)

① Read

No.

Hiragana

Answer

1

?

2

?

3

?

4

?

5

?


② Write

No.

Romaji

Answer

6

ga

?

7

za

?

8

da

?

9

ba

?

10

pa

?


③ Small Kana

No.

Hiragana

Answer

11

きゃ

?

12

しゅ

?

13

ちょ

?

14

きゅ

?

15

しょ

?


④ Words

No.

Word

Answer

16

がくせい

?

17

でんしゃ

?

18

ぱん

?

19

きょう

?

20

ざっし

?


📝 Answers🚀 Next Step

👉 Bonus lesson: Dakuten, Handakuten & Small Kana.

Answer

1

ga

2

ji

3

zu

4

de

5

bo

6

7

8

9

10

11

kya

12

shu

13

cho

14

kyu

15

sho

16

gakusei

17

densha

18

pan

19

kyou

20

zasshi

🚀 Next Step

👉 Day11: 🚀 アイウエオ