Alphabetical Order

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Alphabetical Order

How to arrange alphabetically in the Japanese languageIt's important to know the alphabetical order in the Japanese language. Dictionaries, phonebooks and lists areall arranged alphabetically. Here you can get the complete list and learn the rules.

How it is called

The alphabetical order is called (goj-on jun) literally means "50 sound order" or (aiueo

jun) "aiueo order".

Basic Order

First, you should know the order of (goj-on).

Tips

Always check how the word is spelled in Hiragana.

In Katakana, all long vowels are indicated by "". But in Hiragana, they are spelled as they sound - "(a)",

"(i)", "(u)", "(e)" or "(o)".

Katakana Hiragana

(rmen) (rmen)

(chiizu) (chiizu)

(spu) (spu)

(kki) (kki)

(sda) (sda)

Exercise

Q Which is in front in alphabetical order, (kado) or (kdo)?

A ( in Hiragana).

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Complete Order

There are more letters to be considered.

Complete order with all Hiragana letters is...

Take this as a general guideline. Some dictionaries arrange by their own way.

If you would like to know the rules, read the following.

Rule 1: (daku-on)

Letters with dots called (daku-on) come after their original forms.

For example, the order of (ha-gy) / ha-row after applying this rule is...

Exercise

Q Which is in front, (kakei) or (kagen)?

A (kakei).

Rule 2: (han-daku-on)

Letters with a circle called (han-daku-on) come after their (daku-on) forms.

For example, the order of (ha-gy) / ha-row after applying this rule is...

Exercise

Q What is the order among (tenpura), (tenbin) and (tenpi)?

A (tenbin), (tenpi), (tenpura).

Rule 3: (y-on)

(y-on) (small ya), (small yu) and (small yo) come right after their original form.

For example, the order of (ya-gy) / ya-row after applying this rule is...

Exercise

Q What is the order among (kinky), (kinky) and (kinkichih)?

A (kinkichih), (kinky), (kinky).

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Rule 4: (soku-on)

(soku-on) indicated by (small tsu) comes right after its original form (tsu).

The order of (ta-gy) / ta-row after applying this rule is...

Exercise

Q What is the order among (shippai), (shucch) and (shoppai)?

A (shippai), (shucch), (shoppai).

Rule 5: Other Foreign Sounds

There are some more letters which are developed to describe foreign loaned sounds. In general, these are

described only in Katakana.

(small a), (small i), (small u), (small e) and (small o) come right after their original forms.

(v) comes after (small u).

The order of (a-gy) / a-row after applying these rules is...

Exercise

Q What is the order among (suwetto), (suwden), and (suvenson)?

A (suwden), (suwetto), (suvenson).

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