Japanese Lesson from ZERO| Hiragana for beginner!

This is Hiragana

Look at this please!

Have you ever seen like these letters?
These are called Hiragana!

How to read Hiragana

There are five Japanese vowels:
[あ] pronunciation is [A]
[い] pronunciation is [I]
[う] pronunciation is [U]
[え] pronunciation is [E]
[お] pronunciation is [O]

Hiragana is looking like just a one word and seems like one sounds but it actually one sound is made up of consonants and vowels. Vowels=[あ、い、う、え、お、を、ん]

For example [か,き,く,け,こ]

[か] pronunciation is [Ka]
[き] pronunciation is [Ki]
[く] pronunciation is [Ku]
[け] pronunciation is [Ke]
[こ] pronunciation is [Ko]

[か、き、く、け、こ]consonants is [K] but we don’t pronunciation only [K], we pronunciation [K]+[a,i,u,e,o].

So at first let try to read(pronounced) and try to write Hiragana for studying Japanese!

At first it is better if you can read Hiragana!

So, can you see this and try to read;-)
example:[か] is [Ka]、[す] is [Su]、[て] is [Te]

Check Hiragana pronunciation!

Could you read all Hiragana?

So now let’s check if your pronunciation is correct!

Go to Online Nihongo which is my recommended site for check pronunciation!

You can listen all of Hiragana pronunciation there!

How to write Hiragana

Now you know how to read Hiragana, so next try to write Hiragana!

Hiragana has a stroke order.

For example [あ]（A）stroke order….

like this.

The reason why we have a stroke order is

Easy to write
(Because there is no waste in brush strokes)
Easy to arrange and read characters
(Because the overall shape and line direction are stable)
Make it easier to remember letters
(Because there is a rule that the same shape has the same stroke order)

So, It is really important to know about stroke order!

Let’s practice for your writing

The best way to remember Hiragana is just write so many times!
So I made PDF to help your self studying for Hiragana!

like this.

You can see the pronunciation and stroke order.
And you can practice your writing for 14 times in the table below!

I also put one word using Hiragana:-)