Japanese Keyboard Online
A free virtual Japanese keyboard. Type Japanese hiragana and katakana on any computer or phone. Type in romaji, the way Japanese people type: ka gives か, and capital letters give katakana.
How to use the Japanese keyboard
Click or tap any key to add that character to the text box.
On a computer you can also type on your physical keyboard. Type in romaji: k, o, n, n, i, c, h, i, h, a gives こんにちは. With Caps Lock on, the letters give katakana: K, O, -, H, I, - gives コーヒー. The keys are those of an ordinary US keyboard. Untick “Type Japanese with my physical keyboard” to go back to your keyboard's normal letters.
When you are done, press Copy and paste the text into an email, a document or a chat. The “Search with” buttons open Google, YouTube, Wikipedia or Google Translate with what you typed.
Hiragana and katakana chart
Each box shows a syllable in hiragana and in katakana, with what to type for it. The second chart has the syllables with a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ.
| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | あ アa | い イi | う ウu | え エe | お オo |
| k | か カka | き キki | く クku | け ケke | こ コko |
| s | さ サsa | し シshi | す スsu | せ セse | そ ソso |
| t | た タta | ち チchi | つ ツtsu | て テte | と トto |
| n | な ナna | に ニni | ぬ ヌnu | ね ネne | の ノno |
| h | は ハha | ひ ヒhi | ふ フfu | へ ヘhe | ほ ホho |
| m | ま マma | み ミmi | む ムmu | め メme | も モmo |
| y | や ヤya | ゆ ユyu | よ ヨyo | ||
| r | ら ラra | り リri | る ルru | れ レre | ろ ロro |
| w | わ ワwa | を ヲwo | |||
| g | が ガga | ぎ ギgi | ぐ グgu | げ ゲge | ご ゴgo |
| z | ざ ザza | じ ジji | ず ズzu | ぜ ゼze | ぞ ゾzo |
| d | だ ダda | ぢ ヂdi | づ ヅdu | で デde | ど ドdo |
| b | ば バba | び ビbi | ぶ ブbu | べ ベbe | ぼ ボbo |
| p | ぱ パpa | ぴ ピpi | ぷ プpu | ぺ ペpe | ぽ ポpo |
| n | ん ンnn |
| a | u | o | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ky | きゃ キャkya | きゅ キュkyu | きょ キョkyo |
| sh | しゃ シャsha | しゅ シュshu | しょ ショsho |
| ch | ちゃ チャcha | ちゅ チュchu | ちょ チョcho |
| ny | にゃ ニャnya | にゅ ニュnyu | にょ ニョnyo |
| hy | ひゃ ヒャhya | ひゅ ヒュhyu | ひょ ヒョhyo |
| my | みゃ ミャmya | みゅ ミュmyu | みょ ミョmyo |
| ry | りゃ リャrya | りゅ リュryu | りょ リョryo |
| gy | ぎゃ ギャgya | ぎゅ ギュgyu | ぎょ ギョgyo |
| j | じゃ ジャja | じゅ ジュju | じょ ジョjo |
| by | びゃ ビャbya | びゅ ビュbyu | びょ ビョbyo |
| py | ぴゃ ピャpya | ぴゅ ピュpyu | ぴょ ピョpyo |
How romaji typing works
Type each syllable the way it sounds: k a gives か, s h i gives し and k y a gives きゃ. Until you type the vowel, the consonant stays as a Latin letter.
Double a consonant for the small っ: kitte gives きって. n n gives ん, and so does n before another consonant: shinbun gives しんぶん. x before a letter gives its small form: xa gives ぁ.
Capital letters give katakana, so Caps switches between hiragana and katakana. - gives the long-vowel mark ー, and , . [ ] give 、 。 「 」.
Questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. The keyboard runs in your browser and works without changing any settings on your computer or phone.
Can I type kanji?
Not yet. This keyboard types hiragana and katakana only: turning kana into kanji needs a large dictionary. For kanji, use the Japanese input built into Windows, macOS, Android or iOS.
How do I type katakana?
Type in capital letters: turn on Caps Lock, or hold Shift for a single syllable. KO-HI- gives コーヒー.
How do I type を, ぢ and づ?
wo gives を, di gives ぢ and du gives づ. Both common spelling systems work: shi and si give し, and tsu and tu give つ.
Is my text saved or sent anywhere?
Your text is kept only in your own browser so it is still there if you reload the page. It is not sent to us. Press Clear to remove it. If you use a “Search with” button, your text is sent to that site as a search.