What is this katakana to hiragana converter?
A free, browser-based tool that converts full-width katakana to hiragana. Paste any text and every katakana character (ア–ヶ) is replaced with its matching hiragana, while everything else — the long vowel mark ー, spaces, punctuation, and non-kana characters — is left untouched. It is the inverse of a hiragana → katakana converter. Everything runs locally in your browser, so your text is never uploaded.
How to use it
- Type or paste your katakana text into the box on the left.
- The hiragana result appears instantly on the right.
- Copy the result or download it as a text file.
Common use cases
- Softening katakana names or words into hiragana for children's content or readability.
- Normalizing furigana or reading data to a single kana form before matching or sorting.
- Preparing text for search where katakana and hiragana should be treated the same.
