Be Able to Write か、き、く、け、こ With These Helpful Stroke-By-Stroke Guides

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Updated on March 10, 2019

Hiragana is a part of the Japanese writing system. It is syllabary, which is a set of written characters that represent syllables. Thus, hiragana is a basic phonetic script in Japanese. In most cases, each character corresponds to one syllable though there are few exceptions to this rule.

Hiragana is used in many cases, such as writing particles or miscellaneous words that have no kanji form or an obscure kanji form.

With the following visual stroke-by-stroke guide, you will learn to write hiragana characters か、き、く、け、こ (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko).

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Ka

This numbered stroke guide will teach you how to write "ka". Please remember, it is important to follow the stroke order when writing Japanese characters. Learning the proper stroke order will allow you to remember how to draw the character with more ease.

Sample word: かさ (kasa), umbrella

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Ki

Learn how to write the hiragana character for "ki" in this simple lesson.

Sample word: きた (kita), north

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Ku

Only one stroke, this hiragana character will be easy to remember.

Sample word: くるま (kuruma), car

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Ke

Follow the numbered stroke guide to draw the character "ke".

Sample word: けむり (kemuri), smoke

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Ko

Only two strokes, this visual guide will show you how to correctly write the hiragana character "ko".

Sample word: こえ (koe), voice

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