HIRAGANA by number of strokes Images from:
ku shi tsu te no e / he ru ro n gu ji de bi pi pe be hi so zo 1 STROKE
i u e ko su to nu ne mi go do chi zu 2 STROKES
me yu yo ra ri wa re 2 STROKES
a o ka ke se ni ha / wa ga ze sa ge za ba pa 3 STROKES
ma mu mo ya wo/ o 3 STROKES
ki ta na ho gi fu bu da pu bo po 4 STROKES
WRITING PRACTISE by number of strokes
ONE STROKE
ku shi tsu te no e / he ru ro n gu ji de bi pi pe be hi so zo 1 STROKE
HIRAGANA ‘KU’ HIRAGANA ‘GU’
HIRAGANA ‘SHI’ HIRAGANA ‘JI’
HIRAGANA ‘TSU’
HIRAGANA ‘SO’ HIRAGANA ‘ZO’
HIRAGANA ‘TE’ HIRAGANA ‘DE’
HIRAGANA ‘NO’
HIRAGANA ‘HI’ HIRAGANA ‘BI’HIRAGANA ‘PI’
HIRAGANA ‘HE or E’ HIRAGANA ‘BE’HIRAGANA ‘PE’
HIRAGANA ‘RU’
HIRAGANA ‘RO’
TWO STROKES
i u e ko su to nu ne mi go do chi zu 2 STROKES
me yu yo ra ri wa re 2 STROKES
HIRAGANA ‘I’
HIRAGANA ‘U’
HIRAGANA ‘E’
HIRAGANA ‘KO’ HIRAGANA ‘GO’
HIRAGANA ‘SU’ HIRAGANA ‘ZU’
HIRAGANA ‘CHI’
HIRAGANA ‘TO’ HIRAGANA ‘DO’
HIRAGANA ‘NU’
HIRAGANA ‘NE’
HIRAGANA ‘MI’
HIRAGANA ‘ME’
HIRAGANA ‘YU’
HIRAGANA ‘YO’
HIRAGANA ‘RA’
HIRAGANA ‘RI’ *Note: When hand writing don’t join the two lines with a loop.
HIRAGANA ‘RE’
HIRAGANA ‘WA’
THREE STROKES
a o ka ke se ni ha / wa ga ze sa ge za ba pa 3 STROKES
ma mu mo ya wo/ o 3 STROKES
HIRAGANA ‘A’
HIRAGANA ‘O’
HIRAGANA ‘KA’ HIRAGANA ‘GA’
HIRAGANA ‘KE’ HIRAGANA ‘GE’
HIRAGANA ‘SA’ HIRAGANA ‘ZA’ *Note: When hand writing don’t join the two lines with a loop.
HIRAGANA ‘SE’ HIRAGANA ‘ZE’
HIRAGANA ‘NI’
HIRAGANA ‘HA’ or ‘WA’ HIRAGANA ‘BA’HIRAGANA ‘PA’
HIRAGANA ‘MA’
HIRAGANA ‘MU’
HIRAGANA ‘MO’
HIRAGANA ‘YA’
HIRAGANA ‘WO’ or ‘O’
FOUR STROKES
ki ta na ho gi fu bu da pu bo po 4 STROKES
HIRAGANA ‘KI’ *Note: When hand writing don’t join the bottom line with a loop. HIRAGANA ‘GI’
HIRAGANA ‘TA’ HIRAGANA ‘DA’
HIRAGANA ‘NA’
HIRAGANA ‘FU’ HIRAGANA ‘BU’ HIRAGANA ‘PU’
HIRAGANA ‘HO’ HIRAGANA ‘BU’ HIRAGANA ‘PU’
CAN YOU REMEMBER THE HIRAGANA?
ku shi tsu te no e / he ru ro n gu ji de bi pi pe be hi so zo 1 STROKE
i u e ko su to nu ne mi godo chi zu 2 STROKES
me yuyora ri wa re 2 STROKES
a oka ke se niha / wa ga ze sa ge za bapa 3 STROKES
kitanaho gi fu buda pu bo po 4 STROKES