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.
| Hiragana | Katakana | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
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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.