Hangul-Hiragana Conversion Table

1. Seion (Clear Sounds)
2. Dakuon (Voiced Sounds)
3. Handakuon (Semi-Voiced)
4. Youon (Contracted Sounds)
5. Special Characters
6. Foreign Word Notation
7. Sokuon (Double Consonants)

あ Hiragana

아 Hangul to type

a Romanization

1. Seion (Clear Sounds) - Basic 50 Sounds

The basic characters of Japanese. Type the Hangul pronunciation and it converts to the corresponding hiragana.

	A Column	I Column	U Column	E Column	O Column
A Row	あ아a	い이i	う우u	え에e	お오o
K Row	か카ka	き키ki	く쿠 / 크ku	け케ke	こ코ko
S Row	さ사sa	し시shi	す스 / 수su	せ세se	そ소so
T Row	た타ta	ち치chi	つ츠tsu	て테te	と토to
N Row	な나na	に니ni	ぬ누 / 느nu	ね네ne	の노no
H Row	は하ha	ひ히hi	ふ후 / 흐fu	へ헤he	ほ호ho
M Row	ま마ma	み미mi	む무 / 므mu	め메me	も모mo
Y Row	や야ya	-	ゆ유yu	-	よ요yo
R Row	ら라ra	り리ri	る루 / 르ru	れ레re	ろ로ro
W Row	わ와wa	-	-	-	を어 (o)wo
N	んㅇ / ㄴn

Note on を (wo)

"を" is a special character used as the object particle. It sounds the same as "お" but is a different character.

In HanhonKey, type "어" to get "を". This was chosen to match the feeling of Korean object particles "를/을".

ㅜ and ㅡ Produce the Same Result

The Japanese "u" sound is between Korean "ㅜ" and "ㅡ". In HanhonKey, both convert to the same hiragana, so use whichever is more comfortable.

Example: "스" = "수" = す, "크" = "쿠" = く

ㅐ and ㅔ Also Produce the Same Result

The Japanese "e" sound is between Korean "ㅐ" and "ㅔ". In HanhonKey, both convert to the same hiragana, so no need to worry about typos.

Example: "케" = "캐" = け, "세" = "새" = せ

2. Dakuon (Voiced Sounds)

Dakuon are characters with the dakuten mark (゛), representing voiced sounds.

	A Column	I Column	U Column	E Column	O Column
G Row	が가ga	ぎ기gi	ぐ구 / 그gu	げ게ge	ご고go
Z Row	ざ자za	じ지ji	ず즈 / 주zu	ぜ제ze	ぞ조zo
D Row	だ다da	ぢ디di	づ두du	で데de	ど도do
B Row	ば바ba	び비bi	ぶ부 / 브bu	べ베be	ぼ보bo

Seion vs Dakuon

From a Korean perspective, seion use aspirated consonants (ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ), while dakuon use plain consonants (ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ).

か (카) vs が (가)
た (타) vs だ (다)
は (하) vs ば (바)

3. Handakuon (Semi-Voiced Sounds)

Handakuon only exists in the H row, marked with a small circle (゜).

	A Column	I Column	U Column	E Column	O Column
P Row	ぱ파pa	ぴ피pi	ぷ푸 / 프pu	ぺ페pe	ぽ포po

H Row Summary

Type	Example	Input
Seion (H row)	はひふへほ	하 히 후 헤 호
Dakuon (B row)	ばびぶべぼ	바 비 부 베 보
Handakuon (P row)	ぱぴぷぺぽ	파 피 푸 페 포

4. Youon (Contracted Sounds)

Youon are combinations of "i" column characters with small ya, yu, or yo.

	~ya	~yu	~yo
K Row	きゃ캬kya	きゅ큐kyu	きょ쿄kyo
Sh Row	しゃ샤sha	しゅ슈shu	しょ쇼sho
Ch Row	ちゃ챠 / 차cha	ちゅ츄chu	ちょ쵸 / 초cho
N Row	にゃ냐nya	にゅ뉴nyu	にょ뇨nyo
H Row	ひゃ햐hya	ひゅ휴hyu	ひょ효hyo
M Row	みゃ먀mya	みゅ뮤myu	みょ묘myo
R Row	りゃ랴rya	りゅ류ryu	りょ료ryo

Voiced Youon

	~ya	~yu	~yo
G Row	ぎゃ갸gya	ぎゅ규gyu	ぎょ교gyo
J Row	じゃ쟈ja	じゅ쥬ju	じょ죠jo
B Row	びゃ뱌bya	びゅ뷰byu	びょ뵤byo
P Row	ぴゃ퍄pya	ぴゅ퓨pyu	ぴょ표pyo

5. Special Characters

Object Particle を

Hangul Input	Hiragana	Description
어	を	Object particle (e.g., 本を読む = read a book)

Difference between を and お

を (wo) and お (o) sound the same in modern Japanese but are different characters.

を: Only used as the object particle → Type "어"
お: General "o" sound → Type "오"

Nasal ん

Hangul Input	Hiragana	Description
ㅇ / ㄴ	ん	Nasal consonant (e.g., にほん = Japan)

6. Foreign Word Notation

Special combinations used when writing foreign words. Mainly used in Katakana.

Hangul Input	Kana	Romaji	Example
화	ふぁ	fa	ファン (fan)
휘	ふぃ	fi	フィルム (film)
훼	ふぇ	fe	カフェ (cafe)
위	うぃ	wi	ウィンドウ (window)
웨	うぇ	we	ウェブ (web)
워	うぉ	wo	ウォーター (water)
쉐	しぇ	she	シェフ (chef)
줴	じぇ	je	ジェット (jet)
체	ちぇ	che	チェック (check)

7. Sokuon (っ/ッ) - Double Consonants

Sokuon is the "small tsu" used when the following consonant is pronounced with emphasis. In HanhonKey, consecutive consonants convert to sokuon.

Consonant	Converts to	Example (Hangul)	Result
ㄱ, ㅋ	っ	사ㅋ카	さっか (author)
ㅅ	っ	이ㅅ쇼	いっしょ (together)
ㅂ, ㅍ	っ	이ㅍ파이	いっぱい (full)
ㄷ, ㅌ	っ	이ㅌ타이	いったい (what on earth)
ㅈ, ㅊ	っ	바ㅊ치리	ばっちり (perfect)

Sokuon Usage Examples

사ㅍ포로 → さっぽろ (Sapporo)
니ㅍ포ㄴ → にっぽん (Japan)
오ㅅ토 → おっと (husband)
치ㅅ토 → ちっと (a little)

Sokuon Input Tip

Type consecutive consonants where you need sokuon. For example, in "사ㅍ포로", the consonant "ㅍ" automatically converts to the sokuon "っ".

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Use this conversion table as a reference to type Japanese using Hangul.

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