Overview and Summary
The chart below shows the most common phonemic transcription romanization used for several different alphabets. While it is sufficient for many casual users, there are multiple alternatives used for each alphabet, and many exceptions. For details, consult each of the language sections below. (Hangul characters are broken down into jamo components.)
| Romanized | Greek | Russian (Cyrillic) | Hebrew | Arabic | Persian | Katakana | Hangul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | A | А | ַ, ֲ, ָ | َ, ا | ا, آ | ア | ㅏ |
| AE | ㅐ | ||||||
| AI | י ַ | ||||||
| B | ΜΠ, Β | Б | בּ | ﺏ ﺑ ﺒ ﺐ | ﺏ ﺑ | ㅂ | |
| C | Ξ | ||||||
| CH | TΣ̈ | Ч | צ׳ | چ | ㅊ | ||
| CHI | チ | ||||||
| D | ΝΤ, Δ | Д | ד | ﺩ — ﺪ, ﺽ ﺿ ﻀ ﺾ | د | ㄷ | |
| DH | Δ | דֿ | ﺫ — ﺬ | ||||
| DZ | ΤΖ | Ѕ | |||||
| E | Ε, ΑΙ | Э | , ֱ, י ֵֶ, ֵ, י ֶ | エ, ヱ | ㅔ | ||
| EO | ㅓ | ||||||
| EU | ㅡ | ||||||
| F | Φ | Ф | פ (final ף ) | ﻑ ﻓ ﻔ ﻒ | ﻑ | ||
| FU | フ | ||||||
| G | ΓΓ, ΓΚ, Γ | Г | ג | گ | ㄱ | ||
| GH | Γ | Ғ | גֿ, עֿ | ﻍ ﻏ ﻐ ﻎ | ق غ | ||
| H | Η | Һ | ח, ה | ﻩ ﻫ ﻬ ﻪ, ﺡ ﺣ ﺤ ﺢ | ه ح ﻫ | ㅎ | |
| HA | ハ | ||||||
| HE | ヘ | ||||||
| HI | ヒ | ||||||
| HO | ホ | ||||||
| I | Η, Ι, Υ, ΕΙ, ΟΙ | И | ִ, י ִ | دِ | イ, ヰ | ㅣ | |
| IY | دِي | ||||||
| J | TZ̈ | ДЖ, Џ | ג׳ | ﺝ ﺟ ﺠ ﺞ | ج | ㅈ | |
| JJ | ㅉ | ||||||
| K | Κ | К | כּ (final ךּ ) | ﻙ ﻛ ﻜ ﻚ | ک | ㅋ | |
| KA | カ | ||||||
| KE | ケ | ||||||
| KH | X | Х | כ, חֿ (final ך ) | ﺥ ﺧ ﺨ ﺦ | خ | ||
| KI | キ | ||||||
| KK | ㄲ | ||||||
| KO | コ | ||||||
| KU | ク | ||||||
| L | Λ | Л | ל | ﻝ ﻟ ﻠ ﻞ | ل | ㄹ | |
| M | Μ | М | מ (final ם ) | ﻡ ﻣ ﻤ ﻢ | م | ㅁ | |
| MA | マ | ||||||
| ME | メ | ||||||
| MI | ミ | ||||||
| MO | モ | ||||||
| MU | ム | ||||||
| N | Ν | Н | נ (final ן ) | ﻥ ﻧ ﻨ ﻦ | ن | ン | ㄴ |
| NA | ナ | ||||||
| NE | ネ | ||||||
| NG | ㅇ | ||||||
| NI | ニ | ||||||
| NO | ノ | ||||||
| NU | ヌ | ||||||
| O | Ο, Ω | О | , ֳ, וֹֹ | ُا | オ | ㅗ | |
| OE | ㅚ | ||||||
| P | Π | П | פּ (final ףּ ) | پ | ㅍ | ||
| PP | ㅃ | ||||||
| PS | Ψ | ||||||
| Q | Θ | ק | ﻕ ﻗ ﻘ ﻖ | غ ق | |||
| R | Ρ | Р | ר | ﺭ — ﺮ | ر | ㄹ | |
| RA | ラ | ||||||
| RE | レ | ||||||
| RI | リ | ||||||
| RO | ロ | ||||||
| RU | ル | ||||||
| S | Σ | С | ס, שׂ | ﺱ ﺳ ﺴ ﺲ, ﺹ ﺻ ﺼ ﺺ | س ث ص | ㅅ | |
| SA | サ | ||||||
| SE | セ | ||||||
| SH | Σ̈ | Ш | שׁ | ﺵ ﺷ ﺸ ﺶ | ش | ||
| SHCH | Щ | ||||||
| SHI | シ | ||||||
| SO | ソ | ||||||
| SS | ㅆ | ||||||
| SU | ス | ||||||
| T | Τ | Т | ט, תּ, ת | ﺕ ﺗ ﺘ ﺖ, ﻁ ﻃ ﻄ ﻂ | ت ط | ㅌ | |
| TA | タ | ||||||
| TE | テ | ||||||
| TH | Θ | תֿ | ﺙ ﺛ ﺜ ﺚ | ||||
| TO | ト | ||||||
| TS | ΤΣ | Ц | צ (final ץ ) | ||||
| TSU | ツ | ||||||
| TT | ㄸ | ||||||
| U | ΟΥ, Υ | У | , וֻּ | دُ | ウ | ㅜ | |
| UI | ㅢ | ||||||
| UW | دُو | ||||||
| V | B | В | ב | و | |||
| W | Ω | ו, וו | ﻭ — ﻮ | ||||
| WA | ワ | ㅘ | |||||
| WAE | ㅙ | ||||||
| WE | ㅞ | ||||||
| WI | ㅟ | ||||||
| WO | ヲ | ㅝ | |||||
| X | Ξ, Χ | ||||||
| Y | Υ, Ι, ΓΙ | Й, Ы, Ј | י | ﻱ ﻳ ﻴ ﻲ | ی | ||
| YA | Я | ヤ | ㅑ | ||||
| YAE | ㅒ | ||||||
| YE | Е, Є | ㅖ | |||||
| YEO | ㅕ | ||||||
| YI | Ї | ||||||
| YO | Ё | ヨ | ㅛ | ||||
| YU | Ю | ユ | ㅠ | ||||
| Z | Ζ | З | ז | ﺯ — ﺰ, ﻅ ﻇ ﻈ ﻆ | ز ظ ذ ض | ||
| ZH | Ζ̈ | Ж | ז׳ | ژ |
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