Mingwangdao Japanese fifty-sound chart quick memorization method

The fifty-syllable chart is a "stepping stone" for learning Japanese, similar to the "alphabet" or "pinyin". Each sound is divided into hiragana and katakana, similar to the lowercase and uppercase letters of the English alphabet. The horizontal direction of the table is called [row], each row has five kana, and there are ten rows in total. The vertical sections are called [sections], each section has ten kana, and there are five sections in total. In the table, the kana row of "あ" represents the five vowels, and the other rows basically represent the syllables made up of consonants and vowels. Through deformation and combination, the kana of the syllabary can form more complex forms: (semi) voiced sounds, oblique sounds, plucked sounds, accelerated sounds, long sounds, etc.

Hiragana not only has the function of phonetic pronunciation, but also can form words. For example: わたしは桜が好きです (I like cherry blossoms). How to pronounce the words "桜" here? It is represented by the hiragana "さくら". And "わたし" means "I", which is represented by three kana. Katakana is generally used to represent foreign words, onomatopoeia, and names of animals and plants in Japanese.