Hiragana
The first step to reading Japanese. 46 characters plus the voiced sounds. Tap any character to watch it drawn stroke by stroke. Free, no sign-up.
HiraganaKatakana
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Voiced sounds (dakuten)
Come here once you know the basic characters. The marks change the sound; the strokes are the same.
Stroke order data: KanjiVG (© Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Today's question · 2026-09-08
Which hiragana character is read "be"?
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