いろはカルタ

• 百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅ

  Hyakunin Isshu is a poetry-based card game using 100 waka poems, while iroha karuta uses the 48 hiragana of the iroha poem and is often more accessible for children.

• カルタ

  Karuta is the general term for Japanese playing cards or card games; iroha karuta is a specific traditional variant.

• いろはカルタ

  Standard modern spelling; the word is usually written in kana, with カルタ often in katakana.

• いろはガルタ

  Variant with voiced initial in ガルタ, reflecting a common pronunciation.

• いろはがるた
  kana-only spelling

  All-hiragana spelling of the voiced variant.

• いろは歌留多
  ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
  • いろはかるた

    Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used.

  • いろはガルタ
• 伊呂波歌留多
  ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
  • いろはかるた

    Ateji kanji spelling with 伊呂波 for いろは; very rare.

  • いろはガルタ

From いろは (iroha, the traditional ordering of Japanese kana) + カルタ (karuta, from Portuguese 'carta', meaning card). The game uses the iroha poem as the basis for the reading cards.