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At the bottom, a loop like the Hiragana の. Stroke order in writing ア. The Katakana ア is made with two strokes: [2] At the top, a stroke consisting of a horizontal line and a short horizontal line proceeding downward and to the left. Starting at the end of the last stroke, a curved line proceeding downward and to the left.
Hiragana originated as simplified forms of similar-sounding Chinese characters. Hiragana character shapes were derived from Chinese cursive script (sōsho). Shown here is a sample of cursive script by 7th century calligrapher Sun Guoting. Note the character 為 (wei), indicated by the red arrow, closely resembles the hiragana character ゐ (wi).
One of the various meanings of the verb haneru (撥ねる) is to "make an upward brush-stroke" when writing, [10] which is a gesture that is involved in writing the kana ん and ン. Another meaning is rather specific, to 'pronounce "n" as a syllabic consonant', [ 10 ] in other words, to make the sounds represented by the kana ん and ン.
Usually, hiragana is the default syllabary, and katakana is used in certain special cases. Hiragana is used to write native Japanese words with no kanji representation (or whose kanji is thought obscure or difficult), as well as grammatical elements such as particles and inflections . Today katakana is most commonly used to write words of ...
Stroke order in writing は. The Hiragana は is made with three strokes: A vertical line on the left side with a small curve. A horizontal stroke near the center. A vertical stroke on the right at the center of the second stroke followed by a loop near the end.
し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.Both represent the phonemes /si/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki romanization si, although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is ⓘ, which is reflected in the Hepburn romanization shi.
Stroke order in writing ま. The hiragana ま is made with three strokes: An upper horizontal line from left to right. Another horizontal line going from left to right under the first stroke. A vertical line from top to bottom, then a small loop towards the left, which then crosses the vertical line going to the right.
な, in hiragana, and ナ, in katakana, are Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana な is made in four strokes, the katakana ナ two. Both represent [na]. な and ナ originate from the man'yōgana 奈. な is used as part of the okurigana for the plain negative forms of Japanese verbs, and several negative forms of adjectives.