How to form the "chi" sound, and others?


I was looking at [a chart of hiragana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana)
and trying to find the characters to form the name of a song _Inochi no
Namae_. I started with _i_ , then _no_ , but there's no _chi_. I then started
wondering where _chu_ and _cho_ are, among others. I'm guessing it has to do
with the diacritic marks. Then I got "na," and the "mae" threw me.

Any help appreciated.




You will find "chi" in the "t" row and "i" column, hence "ti". There are
various ways to transcribe Japanese into Latin script. Whether you spell it
chi or ti, it is the same Japanese sound: ち.

For cha, chu, and cho, it is chi + ya, chi + yu, and chi + yo. You could also
spell it tya, tyu, and tyo.




You will find "chi" in the "t" row and "i" column, hence "ti". There are
various ways to transcribe Japanese into Latin script. Whether you spell it
chi or ti, it is the same Japanese sound: ち.

For cha, chu, and cho, it is chi + ya, chi + yu, and chi + yo. You could also
spell it tya, tyu, and tyo.

