Text Lesson 19 - Families, Part 4: Writing Hiragana (h-/b-/p-)

Let's explore and practice writing Japanese script.

Writing Japanese

In this lesson you learn to write three more line of the hiragana chart. Once you have learned the correct formation of the hiragana in the は (ha) line, you only need to add the dakuten (two small dots) for the ば (ba) line and the handakuten (small circle) for the ぱ (pa) line.

はひふへほ
ばびぶべぼ
ぱぴぷぺぽ

Hiragana Stroke Order: h-/b-/p-

The following cards contain a gif demonstrating the correct stroke order for the hiragana symbols based on h- including b- and p-. Remember that b- uses the same symbols as h- but with the dakuten, while p- uses the same symbols as h- but with the handakuten. If you need to watch the order more than once, reload the page. Practice writing these new hiragana using correct stroke order!

Download and print the Hiragana Writing Practice - h/b/p handout. You do not have to turn this in, but use it to practice your writing skills.

The kanji for hito (person)

The Chinese character for person depicts the legs and the trunk of the body of a person who is standing. This kanji can be read as hito, jin (as in nihon-jin) or as nin (as in san-nin, roku-nin, and nan-nin). Be sure to use the correct stroke order as you write it.

Printed: 人

Handwritten (the following is an image):

The stroke order for the kanji 人

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