B 05
HIRAGANA
How do you WRITE
HIRAGANA?
Index
• Hiragana Writing Websites
• How do you write Hiragana?
• Skill No.1: Stroke Orders
• Skill No.2: Brush Effects
• How do you practise writing Hiragana?
Hiragana Writing Websites
Hiragana Chart & Stroke Movies
Okochama Yochien
Hiragana Robot
Genki Nihongo
Hiragana “Write-in” Printable Sheets
Genki Kokugo
しょどう Websites
Calligraphy Websites
Erin’s Challenge
Yahoo Kids
Sodo
Kids Web Japan
How do you write Hiragana?
Writing Hiragana is easy and fun. The characters are all
simple and easy to copy.
However, the question is “Can you write Hiragana beautifully”?
Hiragana characters were created with Brushes of Calligraphy.
Writing Hiragana has been practised and enjoyed as an Art
form and still is today. It’s visual and hands on.
Skill No.1: Stroke Orders
The correct Stroke Orders makes your Hiragana writing
beautiful.
Stroke Orders are determined in the way that you can write
the characters easily, correctly and beautifully.
Check some of the Hiragana characters’ Stroke Orders. Can
you get a gist of “general rules” of Hiragana Stroke Orders?
Skill No.1: Stroke Orders
Here are some basic rules of Stroke Orders.
1. Left → Right
2. Top ↓ Bottom
Also, writing A Stroke in One Go (without stopping) is important.
Stroke Orders: Challenge Level 1
QUIZ: How many strokes do the following Hiragana
characters have? Can you write it in the correct strokes?
Stroke Orders: Challenge Level 2
QUIZ: How many strokes do the following Hiragana
characters have? Can you write it in the correct strokes?
Stroke Orders: Challenge Level 3
QUIZ: How many strokes do the following Hiragana
characters have? Can you write it in the correct strokes?
Skill No.2: Brush Effects
“Brush Effects” also make your Hiragana wiritng look cool
and beautiful. This is where the Art comes in.
There are THREE Brush Effects. It’s all about how you end a stroke.
とめ
lift off
はね
spring off
はらい
fly off
Quizzes
What did people use to write Hiragana when
they were created?
Brushes
How do people enjoy writing Hiragana today
as an Art form?
Calligraphy
Are there prescribed stroke orders when
writing Hiragana? If yes, where can you find
Hiragana stroke orders?
Yes, stroke orders are
prescribed. Can be found in
Hiragana websites.
What are Hiragana stroke orders for?
To write Hiragana
Easily, Correctly, Beautifully
What are the three brush effects?
1. Lift off
2. Spring off
3. Fly off
How do we practice writing?
Here are the suggested steps when practising
writing Hiragana.
1. Identify A Hiragana character to practise writing.
2. Learn its Stroke Order.
3. Check its Brush Effects.
4. Write the Hiragana many times so that you master
the stroke order and brush effects. Sound out the
Hiragana each time you write.
5. Try writing the Hiragana you have mastered with a
calligraphy brush!!!