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  2. Hiragana - Wikipedia

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    Hiragana (平仮名, ひらがな, IPA: [çiɾaɡaꜜna, çiɾaɡana (ꜜ)]) is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word hiragana means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Hiragana and ...

  3. O (kana) - Wikipedia

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    Stroke order in writing お. The hiragana お is made with three strokes: A horizontal line from left to right. A stroke consisting of a vertical line, a small diagonal line going upwards and to the left, and an open curve heading right and downwards. A small curved stroke on the right. Stroke order in writing

  4. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.

  5. Yu (kana) - Wikipedia

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    Yu (kana) ゆ, in hiragana or ユ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represents one mora. Both the hiragana and katakana forms are written in two strokes and represent the sound [jɯ]. When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [ɯ] vowel (see yōon).

  6. Yo (kana) - Wikipedia

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    Yo (kana) よ, in hiragana or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana in three. Both represent [jo]. When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [o] vowel (see yōon).

  7. Fu (kana) - Wikipedia

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    e. ふ, in hiragana, or フ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in four strokes, while the katakana in one. It represents the phoneme /hɯ/, although for phonological reasons (general scheme for /h/ group, whose only phonologic survivor to /f/ ( [ɸ]) remaining is ふ: b←p←f→h ...

  8. A (kana) - Wikipedia

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    A downward vertical stroke starting above and in the center of the last stroke. 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.

  9. E (kana) - Wikipedia

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    Stroke order in writing え. The hiragana え is made with two strokes: At the top, a short diagonal stroke proceeding downward and to the right. At the bottom, a stroke composed of a horizontal line, a diagonal proceeding downward and to the left, and a rightward stroke resembling a tilde (~). Stroke order in writing