HIRAGANA: The Backbone
As you will see below, Hiragana is the backbone to Japanese. The langauge cannot function without these characters and you're in luck: they're simple and easy to memorize. Down below is the full Hiragana chart. To learn how to write them, please click on the links of the phonetic sounds to the right. ?Follow the stroke order indicated by the red arrow. (PLEASE DO NOT STEAL THE GIFS AS THEY WERE CREATED BY ME!)
a i u e o
ta  chi  tsu  te  to
ka  ki  ku  ke  ko
sa  shi  su  se  so
na  ni  nu  ne  no
ha  hi  fu  he  ho
ma  mi  mu  me  mo
ya   yu   yo
ra  ri  ru  re  ro
wa   (w)o
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