Katakana · 10 min
Katakana H-, M-, Y-, R-, and W-rows
Complete the most useful katakana rows.
- Recognize the main idea in katakana h-, m-, y-, r-, and w-rows.
- Use one clear example before you begin the quiz.
- Build confidence with a small, repeatable step.
These rows appear in names, food, technology, and everyday borrowed vocabulary.
Read by vowel
ハヒフヘホ, マミムメモ, ヤユヨ, ラリルレロ, and ワヲ follow familiar patterns.
Keep a visual notebook
Write confusing pairs beside their hiragana partners and read them in short words.
Study these forms
Read each character in order. These two-character drills practice sound decoding; some are sound sequences rather than vocabulary words. ハア (ha-a) · ヒア (hi-a) · フア (fu-a) · ヘア (he-a) · ホア (ho-a) · マア (ma-a) · ミア (mi-a) · ムア (mu-a) · メア (me-a) · モア (mo-a) · ヤア (ya-a) · ユア (yu-a) · ヨア (yo-a) · ラア (ra-a) · リア (ri-a) · ルア (ru-a) · レア (re-a) · ロア (ro-a) · ワア (wa-a) · ヲア (o-a) · ハイ (ha-i) · ヒイ (hi-i) · フイ (fu-i) · ヘイ (he-i) · ホイ (ho-i)
More reading practice
マイ (ma-i) · ミイ (mi-i) · ムイ (mu-i) · メイ (me-i) · モイ (mo-i) · ヤイ (ya-i) · ユイ (yu-i) · ヨイ (yo-i) · ライ (ra-i) · リイ (ri-i) · ルイ (ru-i) · レイ (re-i) · ロイ (ro-i) · ワイ (wa-i) · ヲイ (o-i) · ハウ (ha-u) · ヒウ (hi-u) · フウ (fu-u) · ヘウ (he-u) · ホウ (ho-u) · マウ (ma-u) · ミウ (mi-u) · ムウ (mu-u) · メウ (me-u) · モウ (mo-u)
Put it together
Look at the examples once more. Notice the small detail that makes this katakana lesson different from the one before it.
Guided examples
Use this example while studying katakana h-, m-, y-, r-, and w-rows.
Try to recognize it before you start the quiz.
Before the quiz, can you recognize the key form from katakana h-, m-, y-, r-, and w-rows?
ha-a
Show the answer
ha-a · This is one of the forms introduced in the lesson. Say it aloud and connect it to the explanation above.
Remember the main pattern from katakana h-, m-, y-, r-, and w-rows and use the examples as your first reference. A short review is useful learning, not a setback.