Hiragana Page 01 あ a

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AND so begins your journey! Be sure to write each character many times

HOW TO WRITE IT
[Follow the red strokes from left to right]

ROMAJI - a
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MEMORY: it looks like a cross with a sideways #9.  "Ah... number 9"

EXAMPLES: How do you say it?
 - Ah!

Japanese has 5 vowel sounds (a, i, u, e, o) which are used to make the rest of the Hiragana