kanji tips on kana

漢字 · かんじ

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Learning to pronounce Japanese kanji ?

You can forget about these kana for remembering the initial or first sounds of some 2,000 basic kanji :

きゃ -
きゅ -
きょ -
ざ - 
じ -  
ず -  
ぜ (1) 
ぞ -   
く -
し -
しゃ -
しゅ -  しゅう -
しょ -
じゃ - じゃ.れる  戯
じゅ -  じゅう  -  さんじゅう   世   じゅん.じる  準

じょ -  じょう -
そ - 
づ -
ば -
び -  
ぶ -  ぶた (1)  ぶる (1)  
べ -  べに  (1) 
ぼ -

シャ  予
ツ  -
へ -
ヌ  -
ら - 
り -  
れ - 
ろ -
りゅ -
りょ -
パ -
ピ -
プ -
ペ -
ポ - 
ピャ -
ピュ -
ピョ -
ヂ  -
ヅ  -

And you can all but forget about 

ヒャ -  ヒャク  百
ヒュ -

ミャ -  ミャク  脈
ミュ -

ヂャ -
ヂュ -  ヂュウ  住
ヂョ -

And many others have only one, two or three instances of kanji that begin with that sound.

Of course, if you are not distinguishing ON-yomi and kun-yomi, all bets are off ...

And as you might expect, many katakana are not relevant for kanji.

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