The first line of syllabary consists of the five vowels a, i, u, e, o. The remainder are for combinations of the various consonants with these vowels.
	Reading Similar to "father". Writing 1. A short horizontal stroke. 2. A long vertical stroke that crosses the first stroke. 3. A clockwise spiral over the second stroke.
	Reading Similar to "meet". Writing 1. A long vertical stroke that ends in a slight upswing to the right. 2. A shorter vertical stroke, next to the first.
	Reading Similar to "food". Writing 1. A short diagonal stroke. 2. A right curve that turns downward.
	Reading Similar to "end". Writing 1. A short diagonal stroke. 2. A short horizontal stroke, then a long diagonal stroke to the down left,then up and down to the right. (similar to the letter ‘Z’)
	Reading Similar to "oil". Writing 1. A short horizontal stroke. 2. A long vertical stroke,and then becomes a clockwise spiral. 3. A short diagonal.
Reading Practice:

Hiragana English Sound あい love いい good いいえ no いえ house

Hiragana English Sound あう to meet うえ upside おい nephew あお blue

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