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=//Stroke Order and Pronunciation-- //= // click on the Specific Gyo you wish to use. // //click next or prev to navigate between the hiragana within the gyo // //click back to go back to the main menu // //click pronunciation button to hear correct pronunciation of specific hiragana // media type="custom" key="8290968" align="center"

=//Memorization Aids-- //=

A-Gyo:

 * [[image:A.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:I.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:U.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:E.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:O.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * "A" - looks like a grave - "Ah! A ghost!" || "I" - two I's side by side || "U" - looks like a U || "E" - looks like a Z - EZ! || "O" - looks like a K - OK! ||

Ka-Gyo:

 * [[image:Ka.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ki.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ku.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ke.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ko.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * "Ka" - kamehameha! || "Ki" - looks like a three || "Ku" - looks like a mouth - evil laugh || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ke" - looks like a T and a J || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ko" - a line above and below ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sa-Gyo:

 * [[image:Sa.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Shi.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Su.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Se.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:So.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Sa" - looks like a sakura tree || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Shi" - she's got curves! || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Su" - looks like a cape - SUperman || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Se" - looks like a SEfty hat || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"So" - big belly - fatSO ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ta-Gyo:

 * [[image:Ta.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Chi.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Tsu.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Te.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:To.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ta" - looks like TA || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Chi" - looks like a tea cup || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Tsu" - looks like a wave - TSUnami || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Te" - looks like a shrimp tempura roll || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"To" - looks like a toe and nail ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Na-Gyo:

 * [[image:Na.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ni.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Nu.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ne.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:No.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Na" - looks like TA, but isn't || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ni" - made of three lines || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Nu" - looks like two || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ne" - looks like a neko || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"No" - no picking up your pencil for this one! ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ha-Gyo:

 * [[image:Ha.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Hi.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Fu.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:He.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ho.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ha" - looks like a guy sticking his tongue out - HAha! || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Hi" - looks like a guy waving hi || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Fu" - looks like fire - FUuuush || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"He" - HEy, nice hat! || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ho" - HOhoho, you thought this was ha? ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ma-Gyo:

 * [[image:Ma.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Mi.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Mu.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Me.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Mo.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ma" - MA milkshake brings all the boys to the yard! || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Mi" - Happy 21st birthday to MI || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Mu" - looks like a cowbell - MOO || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Me" - MEke sure the knot is tight || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Mo" - looks like a hook - catch MO fish ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ya-Gyo:

 * [[image:Ya.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Yu.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Yo.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ya" - looks like a yak || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Yu" - YU are a fish || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Yo" - has a Y and O ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ra-Gyo:

 * [[image:Ra.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ri.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ru.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Re.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Ro.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ra" - looks like a music note - LA || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ri" - looks like a RIper's scythe || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ru" - looks like a kangaRU || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Re" - looks like a REinbow || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Ro" - ROw the boat ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wa-Gyo:

 * [[image:Wa.png width="200" height="200"]] || [[image:Wo.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Wa" - looks like WArio || <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"Wo" - WOah, dude! Hardcore! ||

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">N:

 * [[image:N.png width="200" height="200"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #0505d9; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">"N" - looks like a cursive N ||

=<span style="color: #0404da; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Methods-- =

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. Read through the Hiragana in the clickable menu, starting with A-gyo and listening to the correct pronunciation and repeating the characters after hearing them. Listen to each character again after repeating the character to check if you got it right.

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 2. Do this multiple times for each row of Hiragana until you can correctly read each row with little or no mispronunciations.

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 3. Try reading each row correctly without the help of the recorded pronunciations. When you can do this, it’s time to move on to learning the correct stroke order.

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 4. Now that you can pronounce all the Hiragana, go through the flash animation of the characters in the menu again, starting with A-gyo and working your way through the list. This time, pay attention to the stroke order and try writing each Hiragana character out yourself after watching the correct stroke order.

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 5. Easy enough? Now try writing out all the Hiragana yourself without the aid of the flash animation of the characters from the menu—check them after to see how you did. Repeat this as many times as you need until you feel like you’ve got it down.

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 6. Here comes the fun part—memorizing all of the Hiragana that you just learned how to pronounce and write. Scrolling down from the menu, there are mnemonic devices for each Hiragana character. Read through these a few times, using the mnemonics to help remember what each character is.

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 7. Once you think that you’ve got a handle on this, go back up to the clickable menu, cover up the English translations of the characters, and identify each Hiragana character from memory. Use the mnemonics as much as you need to at first.

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 8. As you continue to practice memorizing the Hiragana, you should eventually be able to remember which characters are which without the mnemonics—take as much time as you need with using them, though.

<span style="color: #0505d9; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 9. すごい! You’re a Hiragana master!

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