Potentially confusing hiragana and katakana characters
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This is a list of hiragana and katakana characters that are similar in appearance and easy to get mixed up. Hiragana characters are marked with a small ひ (hi) for ひらがな (hiragana) while katakana characters are marked with a small カ for カタカナ (katakana.)
Note: Certain characters exist in several lists.
Confusingly similar characters — hiragana
あ a ひ
め me ひ
ぬ nu ひ
よ yo ひ
は ha ひ
ほ ho ひ
ま ma ひ
も mo ひ
ら ra ひ
る ru ひ
ろ ro ひ
わ wa ひ
れ re ひ
ね ne ひ
お o ひ
ら ra ひ
ち chi ひ
さ sa ひ
き ki ひ
さ sa ひ
ち chi ひ
こ ko ひ
に ni ひ
た ta ひ
Confusingly similar characters — katakana
ヌ nu カ
フ fu カ
ワ wa カ
ウ u カ
テ te カ
ラ ra カ
シ shi カ
ツ tsu カ
リ ri カ
ソ so カ
ン n カ
ノ no カ
メ me カ
ヌ nu カ
チ chi カ
テ te カ
ニ ni カ
コ ko カ
ロ ro カ
コ ko カ
ユ yu カ
Same-syllable characters that look similar in hiragana and katakana
These are kana that have the same phonetical value and a similar look in both hiragana and katakana. They probably share a common kanji ancestor. (This list is not necessarily exhaustive.)
う u ひ
ウ u カ
か ka ひ
カ ka カ
け ke ひ
ケ ke カ
こ ko ひ
コ ko カ
き ki ひ
キ ki カ
せ se ひ
セ se カ
て te ひ
テ te カ
に ni ひ
ニ ni カ
へ he ひ
ヘ he カ
も mo ひ
モ mo カ
む mu ひ
ム mu カ
や ya ひ
ヤ ya カ
り ri ひ
リ ri カ
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