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ひらがな•Left click the mouse to move through each of the slides.

•Place your mouse on each symbol to hear how it is said.

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the table of contents.

Part of Learning LOTE at a distance Curriculum Exchange

TIPS 02603 Education Queensland

In Japan there are three different

scripts used.

Hiragana ひらがな

Katakana カタカナ

Kanji 漢字

How to write hiragana

When writing in any language there is

a correct and an incorrect way to

write.

Follow the information about stroke

order on the following slide.

Have fun learning to write the 46

symbols of Hiragana.

Stroke Order

Things to remember.

Symbols are written from top to

bottom.

Horizontal strokes are written from left

to right and before vertical strokes.

Vertical strokes are written from top to

bottom.

Table of Contents

a i u e o

a あ い う え お

k か き く け こ

s さ し す せ そ

t た ち つ て と

n な に ぬ ね の

h は ひ ふ へ ほ

m ま み む め も

y や ゆ よ

r ら り る れ ろ

w わ を

n ん

く is a one stroke symbol,

remember to start from the top.

し is also written as 1 stroke

starting from the top.

そ can be written as one stroke or

two.

Startつ from the top left.

て is written as 1 continuous stroke.

の, is written as 1 stroke starting in the

centre.

ひ is written as 1 stroke starting

from the top left.

へ is written as 1 stroke starting

from the bottom left.

る is written as 1 stroke starting

from the top left.

ろ is written as 1 stroke.

ん is written as 1 stroke starting

from the top left.

Credits

Producer: Pauline Smith

ICT Advisor: Shane Andersen

Narrator: Marina Kawada

Script Artist: Yoshiko Okubo

Music: ‘Sekiheki-no-hu’ by Nakanoshima Kinichi

© Charleville School of Distance Education