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Hiragana practice sheet: あ row

あ い う え お on one page. Trace the faint characters following the numbered strokes, then write the rest from memory. Free to print for yourself or a class.

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Paper size

Guides

Include romaji

Beside each model character

Tracing characters

Four fading copies to trace

Stroke order steps

One box per stroke, start marked

Cross guide lines

Dashed centre lines in each square

Rows per character

2

For a PDF, choose Save as PDF in the print dialog. Free for personal and classroom use under CC BY-SA 3.0. Stroke order data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel.

Preview · A4 portrait · 1 page · this is exactly what prints

Hiragana practice · あ rowTrace the grey characters, then fill the empty squares.NameDatea3 strokes. like 'a' in 'father'i2 strokes. like 'ee' in 'see'u2 strokes. like 'oo' in 'food', lips unroundede2 strokes. like 'e' in 'bed'o3 strokes. like 'o' in 'or'From memory · write each sound without lookingaiueoaiueoOpen Lingo · openlingoapp.com/learn/japanese/hiragana/worksheetCC BY-SA 3.0 · stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel)

How to use it

  1. 1Say the sound aloud as you trace. Learn each character with its sound, not its shape alone.
  2. 2Follow the numbered steps. Stroke order keeps handwriting legible and helps you read other people's.
  3. 3Trace the grey copies, then fill the rest of the row. Cover the model for the rows below. Recalling something from memory fixes it better than studying it again (Roediger & Karpicke (2006)).
  4. 4Come back tomorrow and do the memory row only.

More sheets

Hiragana practice · あ rowTrace the grey characters, then fill the empty squares.NameDatea3 strokes. like 'a' in 'father'i2 strokes. like 'ee' in 'see'u2 strokes. like 'oo' in 'food', lips unroundede2 strokes. like 'e' in 'bed'o3 strokes. like 'o' in 'or'From memory · write each sound without lookingaiueoaiueoOpen Lingo · openlingoapp.com/learn/japanese/hiragana/worksheetCC BY-SA 3.0 · stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel)