Kana PictoGraphix Wireframes 2 April 2009

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Hiragana Katakana Roman Hiragana Katakana Mix

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あ a あ あ

Hiragana and Katakana

か ka
あa か ka か か
a ka sa ta
さ sa さ さ

How it works
た ta いi き ki た た
Ogre
i ki shi chi
あおい あおい
うu く ku
な na な な

u ku su tsu
おおきい おおきい
Common phrases は ha は は
big, large, great

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ま ma
えe け ke ま

おいしい
ま

おいしい e ke se te
や ya や や

Quiz
ら ra おo こ ko ら おおきい ら おおきい o ko so to
わ wa わ
おんがく わ
おんがく

Initial thoughts for a start page. User clicks on Vertical left navigation. Click on red dot to toggle Click on large main entry to toggle between kana Click on left speaker icon to hear pronunciation. User can swipe through pronunciation guides. Can
‘Hiragana and Katakana’ button. between Japanese only nav and Japanese and and its visual mnemonic. show combinations of Roman and Japanese
Roman guide. Click on star to view English meaning. characters.

User can shuffle to move through list. Here the

user clicks on the hirgana for ‘Oh’.

Hiragana あ か さ た な は ま や ら わ
50 Hiragana
Katakana a ka sa ta na ha ma ya ra wa h1 あ a h11 さ sa h21 な na h31 ま ma h41 ら ra
h2 い i h12 し shi h22 に ni h32 み mi h42 り ri

あa か ka さ sa た ta な na
h3 う u h13 す su h23 ぬ nu h33 む mu h43 る ru
h4 え e h14 せ se h24 ね ne h34 め me h44 れ re

いi き ki し shi ち chi に ni
h5 お o h15 そ so h25 の no h35 も mo h45 ろ ro

うu く ku す su つ tsu ぬ nu
h6 か ka h16 た ta h26 は ha h36 や ya  h46 わ wa
h7 き ki h17 ち chi h27 ひ hi h37 ゆ yu h47 を (w)o

えe け ke せ se て te ね ne
h8 く ku h18 つ tsu h28 ふ fu h38 よ yo h48 ん n
h9 け ke h19 て te h29 へ he h39 — ya yu yo (small) h49 あ (non voiced)
こ ko と to ほ ho あ (voiced)
おo こ ko そ so と to の no
h10 h20 h30 h40 — doublers h50

かがほぽ
Numbering system can be used to track assets. Each of the two sets Certain modifiers (dots and circles)
Vertical left navigation. Click on red dot to toggle between Japanese only contains 50 base characters One is called Hiragana, the other Katakana. can be added to a some kana to shift
nav and Japanese and Roman guide. their pronunciation.
ka ga ho bo