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Hiragana practice sheets

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Follow the numbered model, trace the pale forms, then copy. Cover the first five columns on the whole page, including your copies, for recall. Leave the cues below the last two boxes uncovered; then uncover and compare.

Look at the numbered model and copy into the empty boxes. Compare each attempt before repeating.

Write the form for the reading cue, then check against the chart. D-row and W-row cues distinguish same-sound spellings.

Fill only the labeled cells. Shaded cells have no selected form; gaps in the Y and W rows are intentional.

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Trace, copy, then try from memory

  1. Trace: inspect the numbered model and follow the pale outline.
  2. Copy: look at the model, write beside it, and compare.
  3. Recall: cover the first five columns on the whole page, including your copied answers. Read the cues below the last two boxes and write there. Uncover the page and compare with the models afterward.

Start dots mark stroke beginnings. Numbers show order, and the stroke-order page shows movement. Two-kana combinations restart their numbers on the second kana.

For を, the reading is o and keyboard input is wo. D-row ぢ・づ use ji/zu readings with di/du input labels, so recall cues distinguish them from じ・ず.

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They are drafts pending a Japanese educator. Generated audio is available in the listening section.

Katakana and word practice

These PDFs practice hiragana characters. For other study, open the hiragana and katakana reference chart or read hiragana words. Those pages are references and reading exercises; they do not provide katakana or word-writing PDFs here.

Draft teaching material · Japanese educator review pending · generated audio in the listening section. Models adapted from KanjiVG, © Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0 (license details). Previews and PDFs carry the same credit and license.

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Kana sounds

  • ひ hi
  • も mo
  • す su
  • ぢ ji
  • そ so
  • か ka
  • い i
  • よ yo
  • な na
  • ら ra
  • む mu
  • て te
  • ば ba
  • ぴ pi
  • の no
  • え e
  • め me
  • だ da
  • つ tsu
  • き ki
  • せ se
  • び bi
  • ど do
  • が ga
  • ま ma
  • げ ge
  • ゆ yu
  • た ta
  • じ ji
  • ず zu
  • れ re
  • ぼ bo
  • ぶ bu
  • ろ ro
  • ち chi
  • り ri
  • う u
  • ふ fu
  • ぞ zo
  • へ he
  • と to
  • ぱ pa
  • ぎ gi
  • お o
  • く ku
  • ん n
  • ほ ho
  • べ be
  • ぽ po
  • ね ne
  • け ke
  • ぷ pu
  • ぐ gu
  • ぜ ze
  • る ru
  • み mi
  • し shi
  • ぺ pe
  • あ a
  • を o
  • わ wa
  • ご go
  • は ha
  • に ni
  • ざ za
  • づ zu
  • こ ko
  • さ sa
  • ぬ nu
  • や ya
  • で de

Joined sounds

  • にゅ nyu
  • しゃ sha
  • きゅ kyu
  • ぴょ pyo
  • しょ sho
  • みょ myo
  • しゅ shu
  • ぎゅ gyu
  • じゅ ju
  • ひゃ hya
  • ぴゅ pyu
  • びゃ bya
  • りゅ ryu
  • きゃ kya
  • りょ ryo
  • じゃ ja
  • みゅ myu
  • じょ jo
  • みゃ mya
  • りゃ rya
  • ひょ hyo
  • にゃ nya
  • ちょ cho
  • ちゅ chu
  • きょ kyo
  • びゅ byu
  • ぎゃ gya
  • にょ nyo
  • びょ byo
  • ひゅ hyu
  • ぴゃ pya
  • ちゃ cha
  • ぎょ gyo