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Roman characters and corresponding kana for Japanese on Mac

If you’re using a Japanese input source and enter kana characters using a roman keyboard (or using Windows-like keyboard shortcuts), you can refer to the following tables to find the roman characters that correspond to the kana characters you want to use.

Tip: To enter blocked sounds (double consonants), double the first consonant of the next syllable.

Kana characters in あ column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
あ				a
い				i
う				u
え				e
お				o
ぁ				xa, la
ぃ				xi, li
ぅ				xu, lu
ぇ				xe, le, xye, lye
ぉ				xo, lo
いぇ				ye
うぁ				wha
うぃ				whi, wi
うぇ				whe, we
うぉ				who
ゔぁ				va
ゔぃ				vi
ゔ				vu
ゔぇ				ve
ゔぉ				vo
ゔゃ				vya
ゔゅ				vyu
ゔょ				vyo

Kana characters in か column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
か				ka
き				ki
く				ku
け				ke
こ				ko
が				ga
ぎ				gi
ぐ				gu
げ				ge
ご				go
きゃ				kya
きぃ				kyi
きゅ				kyu
きぇ				kye
きょ				kyo
ぎゃ				gya
ぎぃ				gyi
ぎゅ				gyu
ぎぇ				gye
ぎょ				gyo
くぁ				kwa, qa
くぃ				kwi, qi, qyi, qwi
くぅ				kwu, qu, qwu
くぇ				kwe, qe, qye, qwe
くぉ				kwo, qo, qwo
くゃ				qya
くゅ				qyu
くょ				qyo
くゎ				qwa
ぐぁ				gwa
ぐぃ				gwi
ぐぅ				gwu
ぐぇ				gwe
ぐぉ				gwo
ヵ				xka, lka
ヶ				xke, lke

Kana characters in さ column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
さ				sa
し				si, shi
す				su
せ				se
そ				so
ざ				za
じ				zi, ji
ず				zu
ぜ				ze
ぞ				zo
しゃ				sya, sha
しぃ				syi
しゅ				syu, shu
しぇ				sye, she
しょ				syo, sho
じゃ				zya, ja, jya
じぃ				zyi, jyi
じゅ				zyu, ju, jyu
じぇ				zye, je, jye
じょ				zyo, jo, jyo
すぁ				swa
すぃ				swi
すぅ				swu
すぇ				swe
すぉ				swo

Kana characters in た column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
た				ta
ち				ti, chi
つ				tu, tsu
て				te
と				to
だ				da
ぢ				di
づ				du
で				de
ど				do
でゃ				dha
でぃ				dhi
でゅ				dhu
でぇ				dhe
でょ				dho
ちゃ				tya, cha, cya
ちぃ				tyi, cyi
ちゅ				tyu, chu, cyu
ちぇ				tye, che, cye
ちょ				tyo, cho, cyo
ぢゃ				dya
ぢぃ				dyi
ぢゅ				dyu
ぢぇ				dye
ぢょ				dyo
つぁ				tsa
つぃ				tsi
つぇ				tse
つぉ				tso
っ				xtu, ltu, xtsu, ltsu
てゃ				tha
てぃ				thi
てゅ				thu
てぇ				the
てょ				tho
とぁ				twa
とぃ				twi
とぅ				twu
とぇ				twe
とぉ				two
どぁ				dwa
どぃ				dwi
どぅ				dwu
どぇ				dwe
どぉ				dwo

Kana characters in な column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
な				na
に				ni
ぬ				nu
ね				ne
の				no
にゃ				nya
にぃ				nyi
にゅ				nyu
にぇ				nye
にょ				nyo

Kana characters in は column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
は				ha
ひ				hi
ふ				hu, fu
へ				he
ほ				ho
ば				ba
び				bi
ぶ				bu
べ				be
ぼ				bo
ぱ				pa
ぴ				pi
ぷ				pu
ぺ				pe
ぽ				po
ひゃ				hya
ひぃ				hyi
ひゅ				hyu
ひぇ				hye
ひょ				hyo
ふぁ				fa, hwa, fwa
ふぃ				fi, hwi, fwi, fyi
ふぅ				fwu
ふぇ				fe, hwe, fwe, fye
ふぉ				fo, hwo, fwo
ふゃ				fya
ふゅ				fyu
ふょ				fyo
ぴゃ				pya
ぴぃ				pyi
ぴゅ				pyu
ぴぇ				pye
ぴょ				pyo
びゃ				bya
びぃ				byi
びゅ				byu
びぇ				bye
びょ				byo

Kana characters in ま column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
ま				ma
み				mi
む				mu
め				me
も				mo
みゃ				mya
みぃ				myi
みゅ				myu
みぇ				mye
みょ				myo

Kana characters in や column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
や				ya
ゆ				yu
よ				yo
ゃ				xya, lya
ゅ				xyu, lyu
ょ				xyo, lyo

Kana characters in ら column

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
ら				ra
り				ri
る				ru
れ				re
ろ				ro
りゃ				rya
りぃ				ryi
りゅ				ryu
りぇ				rye
りょ				ryo

Kana characters in わ column and ん

Kana character you want				Roman character to type
わ				wa
ゐ				wyi
ゑ				wye
を				wo
ゎ				xwa, lwa
ん				nn, n’, xn

Miscellaneous characters

Character you want				Roman character to type
←				zh
↓				zj
↑				zk
→				zl

See alsoSet up and switch to the Ainu input source on Mac Improve conversion accuracy using a Japanese input source on Mac Enter symbols using a Japanese input source on Mac

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