Japanese Keyboard 日本語

Japanese (romaji to kana) layout

How to type Japanese

Type Japanese in romaji and it turns into hiragana as you go: ka gives か, shi gives し, tsu gives つ. Switch on Katakana for カタカナ.

Many sounds have two spellings and both work: shi or si for し, chi or ti for ち, tsu or tu for つ, fu or hu for ふ, and ji or zi for じ. を is wo.

Small ゃ ゅ ょ come from y-spellings, so kya gives きゃ. A small っ comes from doubling the consonant: kitte gives きって. For ん before a vowel or a y, type nn: konnnichiha gives こんにちは, while konnichiha gives こんいちは.

The - key types the long vowel mark ー, the period and comma type 。 and 、, and [ and ] type 「 and 」. There is no kanji conversion yet, so the text stays in kana.

Hiragana and the romaji that types them

Type the romaji on the left of each row; switch on Katakana for カタカナ.

HiraganaKatakanaType
あアa
いイi
うウu
えエe
おオo
かカca
がガga
きキki
ぎギgi
くクcu
ぐグgu
けケke
げゲge
こコco
ごゴgo
さサsa
ざザza
しシci
じジji
すスsu
ずズzu
せセce
ぜゼze
そソso
ぞゾzo
たタta
だダda
ちチti
ぢヂdi
つツtu
づヅdu
てテte
でデde
とトto
どドdo
なナna
にニni
ぬヌnu
ねネne
のノno
はハha
ばバba
ぱパpa
ひヒhi
びビbi
ぴピpi
ふフfu
ぶブbu
ぷプpu
へヘhe
べベbe
ぺペpe
ほホho
ぼボbo
ぽポpo
まマma
みミmi
むムmu
めメme
もモmo
やヤya
ゆユyu
よヨyo
らラra
りリri
るルru
れレre
ろロro
わワwa
ゐヰwyi
ゑヱwye
をヲwo
んンn

Questions

How do I type ん?

Type nn. A single n becomes ん only when the next letter cannot follow it.

Does it convert to kanji?

Not yet. It types hiragana and katakana; kanji conversion needs a dictionary we have not added.

Guides

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Layout data: Google mozc romanji-hiragana.tsv (BSD 3-clause) + CLDR release-43 en-t-k0-windows.xml. Letter list: CLDR release-43 (ja). Letter names: Unicode Character Database. What you type stays in your browser.