Writing 4.2 Hiragana RA Line Stroke Order

Watch the videos below to see the Hiragana RA Line characters being drawn in the correct stroke order. 

 

 

Listen to the pronunciation of the Hiragana RA Line characters.  Repeat aloud after each character. 

Click here to download a Japanese writing practice sheet.  Print off the pages and practice in the squares with four quadrants and then, when you're ready, practice your characters in the squares without any quadrants.

Test yourself by answering the questions below.  Click on the "+" to see the answers.

The RA line characters aren't pronounced with the same type of hard /r/ sound as in English words.

It sounds like a mix between the /r/ sound and the /l/ sound, doesn't it?