Japanese/Kana/Lessons/Katakana/Lesson 11
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Hiragana:
[ a ]
[ ka ]
[ sa ]
[ ta ]
[ na ]
[ ha ]
[ ma ]
[ ya ]
[ ra ]
[ wa, wo, n ]
[ ゐ and ゑ (ancient hiragana in disuse) ]
Katakana:
[ a ]
[ ka ]
[ sa ]
[ ta ]
[ na ]
[ ha ]
[ ma ]
[ ya ]
[ ra ]
[ wa, wo, n ]
[ ヰ and ヱ (ancient katakana in disuse) ]
In this lesson you are going to learn how to read and write ヰ and ヱ. These characters are not in modern Japanese but because they were legitimate characters before, one sees them in old Japanese text.