Hiragana is the basic alphabet of the Japanese language and is the first that the students begin to learn. There are 46 Hiragana to remember before venturing into learning about tentens, marus, and blends.
On this page, we will be providing information on best ways to learn your hiragana, links to pages with interesting information and ways to learn, and also some apps that parents may download to assist in hiragana fluency.
Enjoy!
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- This wikibooks link has some fantastic mnemonics that are different from the hiragana in 48 minutes mnemonics that we learn here at Flagstaff Hill.
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- Memrise is a fun free app that has many different languages, and best of all it has Japanese! Available on both IOS (apple) and Android, this app will send you daily reminders to do some Japanese training and will teach you basic phrases along the way. Did I mention that it is FREE!?
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Hiragana Helper: Android Apple
- Hiragana Helper is a FREE app which was developed by The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute and is available on both IOS (apple) and Android. The app gives you memory hints, a timer to read and remember hiragana, and a hiragana table.
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- Real Kana is an easy to use Hiragana and Katakana helper which allows you to choose which characters you would like to study. Available on IOS (apple)
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- Dr Lingua is a game for computers or tablets and is online. The game gives you the option to find hiragana or katakana that you need to find in a stack of other kana with different fonts to help you recognise them. Lots of fun.
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Manabiya International Language School
- Manabiya International Language School has created a website that shows you how to write each of the hiragana with the correct stroke order. The set of hiragana that you focus on can be changed along the top of the page.
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A compilation of Hiragana songs on YouTube that you might find helpful!