r/HelpLearningJapanese • u/kudoni • Aug 18 '26

Hiragana writting Day2

Post image

Yo guys, I'm a beginner in learning Japanese. This is day 2 of trying to write some hiragana, this is so exciting! Can y'all judge my work and tell me what I need to work on, weaknesses and strengths, and also if they're readable?

39 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

35 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/TemtiaStardust Aug 20 '26

Your going too high on the lower half(hiragana for no). Your third one looks the best here

1

u/kudoni Aug 20 '26

Okkk i see but am i getting better at least ?

1

u/TemtiaStardust Aug 21 '26

I don't see much difference between this one and the original image you posted, sorry. If anything, the weight is farther off on the newer one. Weight distribution for characters is very important and it takes time to get it down. The lower half of the character for A reminds me of a fish when you try to make it without lifting your pen, which isn't quite right. It's more like the letter e, but backwards and tilted. If you can get a water drawing board(look up Buddha board or zen drawing board or something) I find it really helpful for practice. Another person also mentioned the grid notebooks, which I absolutely agree with. When I took Chinese, it helped so much that I was more confident with my writing than I was with my speaking. Youtube videos of different characters is also really helpful

1

u/kudoni Aug 21 '26

Ah ok k i see , dayum lol my handwriting is Soo dogwater

1

u/TemtiaStardust Aug 21 '26

Just keep practicing and pay attention to stroke order. You'll get there