Questions and Answers
Hiragana Quiz – Part 1: Vowels and the K Row
1.
How do you read the hiragana character あ?
a
2.
How do you read the hiragana character い?
i
3.
Which hiragana character is read 'u'?
う
4.
How do you read the hiragana character お?
o
5.
Arrange the vowel characters in the standard hiragana order, starting with the first one.
あいうえお
6.
How do you read the hiragana character か?
ka
7.
How do you read the hiragana character き?
ki
8.
Which hiragana character is read 'ku'?
く
9.
How do you read the hiragana character け?
ke
10.
How do you read the hiragana character こ?
ko
Match each word to its reading.
16.
The word えき (station) is read 'eki'.
True
17.
Every character in the K row is read as 'k' followed by one of the five vowels.
True
18.
The character く is read 'ko'.
False
19.
The word あおい (blue) is read 'aoi'.
True
20.
The word おか (hill) is read 'aka'.
False
21.
Type the reading of the word いけ (pond) in Latin letters.
ike
22.
How do you read the word あき (autumn)?
aki
Type the reading of each word in Latin letters.
26.
How is the word 'kiku' (to listen) written in hiragana?
きく