How to write Japanese Katakana (Part 3)

Now that you have mastered the first twenty Katakana characters, it is time to study more Katakana characters. This PART 3 will teach five letters start from "n" sound and the next five letters start from "h" sound.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pen or pencil
• paper

1. It is probably a good idea to review first 20 Katakana characters by going to "How to write Japanese Katakana Part 1" and "How to write Japanese Katakana Part 2". You will find these links below.

2. 
    
   Katakana (Part 3)

   Open the graphic (if it is blurry, you may want to open it in a new window or you may want to save it in your computer and open it). The first five letters start with "n" sound. ナ is "na", ニ is "ni" and ネ is "ne". ヌ is "nu" as in "numeral". ノ is "no" but "o" part is not as strong as "no" as in "yes/no". "o" part of ノ is pronounced like "o" in "course". As in Part 1 and Part 2, the blue lines in the picture show the stroke orders.

3. The second five letters start with "h" sound. 　ハ is "ha". ヒ is "hi" as in "hill". フ is "hu" which is pronounced like "who" as in "Who are you?". ヘ is "he" as in "hen". ホ is "ho" as in "hop".

4. Now you are ready to continue study more Katakana by going to the following site ("How to write Japanese Katakana (Part 4)" http://www.ehow.com/how_4691957_write-japanese-katakana-part.html )

Resources

• How to write Japanese Katakana (Part 1)
• How to write Japanese Katakana (Part 2)
• How to write Japanese Katakana (Part 4)