What is the order of the full list of kana?


My question would be, if I were to pick up a Japanese **dictionary** , or had
a project in which I needed to put **several Japanese words** (including
hiragana, katakana, and kanji, with gojūon, dakuon, yōon, sakuon and the
digraphs) **in order** , what would be the correct "alphabetical" order? I
understand some of it, such as the fact that they all need to be read
according to the gojūon order ( _a ka sa ta..._ ) in hiragana form, and the
smaller forms of kana come after the original forms.

I looked everywhere online and was unable to find a full list or explanation
to this, I only found the separate tables for kana, which only confused me
more.

I am only a beginner to learning the language, and every little helps me to
understand it and the culture better!




The dictionaries I have use the following order. (From the publishers 小学館, 三省堂
and 学研.)

The usual lexicographic order by _gojūon_ , mostly **ignoring** whether a
_kana_ has _(han)dakuten_ or is a small _kana_.

(Recall the _gojūon_ order means **あ** いうえお **か** きくけこ **さ** しすせそ **た** ちつてと
**な** にぬねの **は** ひふへほ **ま** みむめも **や** ゆよ **ら** りるれろ **わ**. You can
reconstruct this by memorizing あいうえお and あかさたなはまやらわ. Also see [What is the
equivalent of "alphabetical order" in
Japanese?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/628/1628))

Shorter words come first, so

  * ぎょうじ【行事】
  * きょうしつ【教室】

Small _kana_ and _(han)dakuten_ are only used as a last resort — to order
words that would be in the same position under the above rule:

  * ひょう【雹】
  * びよう【美容】
  * びょう【秒】
  * ひょうか【評価】

