Practice Hiragana AIUEO Stroke Orders

Here we can train how to write hiragana characters a, i, u, e, o. In the first column, accompanied by how to write hiragana letters, and in the second column and so on, write it by following the instructions in the first column. In this way, we will more quickly master the hiragana letters. You can print this and start practicing.

Hiragana A(あ), I(い), U(う), E(え), O(お).

Hiragana Practise

Stroke	Romaji	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	A
	I
	U
	E
	O

Practice A Hiragana In Words

Hiragana	Romaji	English	1	2	3	4	5	6
あかい	Akai	Red
あなた	Anata	You
あお	Ao	Blue
あさ	Asa	Morning
あに	Ani	Big brother

Practice I Hiragana In Words

Hiragana	Romaji	English	1	2	3	4	5	6
いち	Ichi	One
いえ	Ie	House
いぬ	Inu	Dog
いす	Isu	Chair
いけ	Ike	Pool

Practice U Hiragana In Words

Hiragana	Romaji	English	1	2	3	4	5	6
うち	Uchi	House
うま	Uma	Horse
うみ	Umi	Ocean
うし	Ushi	Chow
うた	Uta	Song

Practice E Hiragana In Words

Hiragana	Romaji	English	1	2	3	4	5	6
えき	Eki	Railway station
えいこ	Eiko	England
えいご	Eigo	English
えん	En	Yen
えび	Ebi	Shrimp

Practice O Hiragana In Words

Hiragana	Romaji	English	1	2	3	4	5	6
おかしい	Okashii	Funny
おいしい	Oishi	Delicious
おおい	Ooi	Lots of
おじ	Oji	My uncle
おい	Oi	Nephew

Listen AIUEO Hiragana

How To Write A Hiragana

A Hiragana Stroke Order

There are three steps to write "あ (A)" Hiragana character. In the picture there are numbers 1, 2 and 3, which describes the start and end writing of hiragana and direction of the arrow describes the direction where the writing begins.

20 Dakuon Dakuten Hiragana Characters

Migi : Right, Hidari : Left

Daku-on or Dakuten means Hiragana Characters marked by adding the double dots (゛) at the up-side right. So, when the hiragana letters marked double dot at the up-side right, then it will change the sound. For example : は (ha) when added double dot at the up-side right : ば (ba). And subsequent letters from は (ha), ひ (hi),  ふ (hu/fu),  へ (he),  ほ (ho) became  ば (ba),  び (bi),  ぶ (bu),  べ (be),  ぼ (bo).

Remember the basic formula of 46 Basic Hiragana Letters or Sei-On : A, Ka, Sa, Ta, Na, Ha, Ma, Ya, Ra, Wa, N. So, only these Characters are tobe Dakuten or Daku-On :


1. か(ka)     2. き(ki)   3.  く(ku)    4.  け(ke)     5. こ(ko)
1. が (ga),   2. ぎ (gi),  3. ぐ (gu),  4. げ (ge),    5. ご (go)

6. さ (sa)    7.  し (shi)     8. す(su)     9. せ (se)     10. そ (so)
6. ざ (za)    7. じ (ji)        8. ず(zu)     9. ぜ (ze)    10. ぞ (zo)

11. た (ta)     12. ち (chi)     13. つ (tsu)     14. て(te)    15.  と (to)
11. だ (da)    12. ぢ (di/ji)    13. づ (zu/du) 14. で (de)   15.  ど (do)

16. は (ha)     17. ひ (hi)     18. ふ (fu)     19. へ (he)     20. ほ (ho)
16.  ば (ba)    17. び (bi)     18. ぶ (bu)    19. べ (be)     20. ぼ  (bo)

Dakuten examples in the words :

みず : mizu : water
かぜ : kaze : wind
かべ : kabe : wall

Want to know the pronounciation these 20 Dakuten? Visit translate.google.com and chose translate from Japanese then copy the Dakuten characters, paste to the translate box then use small speaker icon to listen.

How To Pronounce 46 Katakana Letters

The best way to learn the correct pronunciation of 46 Katakana letters is by listening. Please visit translate.google.com then choose "From Japanese to your language". In the box, copy these below Katakana letters sequentially:

ア 。 イ 。 ウ。 エ。 オ。
カ 。 キ 。 ク。 ケ。 コ。
サ 。 シ 。 ス。 セ。 ソ。
タ 。 チ 。 ツ。 テ。 ト。
ナ 。 ニ 。 ヌ。 ネ。 ノ。
ハ 。 ヒ 。 フ。 ヘ。 ホ。
マ 。 ミ 。 ム。 メ。 モ。
ヤ 。 ユ 。 ヨ。
ラ 。 リ 。 ル。 レ。 ロ。
ヲ 。 チ 。
ン 。

Then click the speaker icon in the lower right side of the box to listen.

25 Japanese Vocabularies In Katakana

Japanese Katakana For Beginners

1. ミルク : mirusu : milk
2. タオル : taoru : towel
3. ハンカチ : hankachi
4. トマト : tomato : tomato
5. インク : inku : ink
6. テレビ : terebi : television
7. バナナ : banana : banana
8. ラジオ : rajio : radio
9. パパイヤ : papaiya : papaya
10. ペン : pen : pen
11. ギター : gitaa : guitar
12. コーヒー : koohii : coffee
13. チョーク : cooku : chalk
14. ベッド : beddo : bed
15. フォーク : fooku : fork
16. ゴルフ : gorufu : golf
17. クラス : kurasu : class
18. アイロン : airon : iron
19. ベル : beru : bell
20. ドア : doa : door
21. ソファー : sofa : sofa
22. テーブル : teebura : table
23. ナイフ : naifu : knife
24. ナプキン : nafukin : napkin
25. スプーン : supuun : spoon

Budi Do Re Mi In Japanese Katakana

Budi doremi in Japanese Katakana

Budi doremi are the words that came from a foreign language. It is not native Japanese words, so the writing must use katakana. Budi derived from Indonesian language means "good". In Indonesia, Budi widely used for people's names. While do, re, mi is a scale used to measure high or low when singing. Below is Bu, Di, Do, Re, Mi, in Katakana :
ブヂドレミ

How To Practice Japanese Kana With Google Chrome

Learn Japanese Kana

We can train the katakana and hiragana using Google Extension if our default browser is Google Chrome. There are several ways to do it. Go to the Chrome Web Store by opening a new tab, then type in the Web Store Search Engine "Learn Kana". Will appear the search results i.e some extensions of what we are looking for. Please choose which ones we like, go to "Add to Chrome" to install for a few minutes. When you have installed, how to use it by opening a new tab then there will be an icon of the extension. Use it.

When we opened it, we will be greeted with "What is hiragana and katakana?". "How to Memorize it? Seems too complicated". Well, now  it is time to use the menus there to practice.