KanjiPadHiragana Stroke Order Chart
Hiragana is the rounded, flowing half of the Japanese syllabary: 46 basic characters that cover every sound in the language. Stroke order is not decoration — it is what keeps your handwriting balanced and legible, and what lets handwriting recognition read what you wrote. The chart below is interactive: pick a character to watch it drawn.
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The 46 basic hiragana46
Tap any character to watch it written, stroke by stroke.
Dakuten and handakuten
Two small marks change the sound: dakuten (゛) voices a syllable, handakuten (゜) turns the は row into pa. Both are written last, after the base character.
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