Illustration and voice by Shou Yukiya
Katakana | Romaji | Mnemonics | |
ア | a | ![]() |
Turn it 90 degree CCW, it'll become a capital letter A. |
イ | i | ![]() |
Eat the sausage with a fork. |
ウ | u |
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エ | e | ![]() |
An elevator |
オ | o | ![]() |
An on/off switch |
ン | n (type 'nn') |
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"ping-pong" |
Do not mix up ン(n) and ソ (so)
Their stroke orders are different. Compare:
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The last stroke of ン (n) is from the bottom left to the top right. | The last stroke of ソ (so) is from the top right to the bottom left. |
But of course in hand-writing they look very similar. One rule of thumb is that 'n' is never used as the first letter of a word and 'so' is seldom used at the end.
How to write:
The stroke order illustrations are made by D.328, used under CCSA3.0.