コ　ko

This character should be easy for you to figure out, just remember you are to use only two strokes!

コアラ   koala           koala bear

コース  koosu          course

ロ　ro

The leftmost vertical bar comes first. Otherwise, it's the same as コ.

ローマ   Rooma          Rome [capital of Italy]

コロン  koron           colon [English punctuation mark]

Again, whether the original English sound is [lo] or [ro], the same ロ is used in Japanese.

フ　fu (or hu)

Only one stroke for this one.

フルートhuruuto         flute

Whether you type hu (Nihon-style) or fu (Hepburn-style), the computer will give you フ.

ワ　wa

Simply add a little vertical bar/dot before writing フ.

タワーtawaa        tower

ワイフ waihu     wife

ウ　u

The topmost dot is first, then write ワ.

タウン  taun            town

Practice the two words above on your PC.



Your PC should support Japanese characters.

ハ　ha

Just remember both strokes start from the top and go down.

ハノイ     Hanoi            Hanoi  [capital of Vietnam]

Your PC should support Japanese characters.

ホ    ho

This character goes left to right, top to bottom and then left dot, right dot.

ホスト hosuto           host

Now, write the two words above, on your PC.



Your PC should support Japanese characters.

チ　chi (or ti)

This character has the same stroke order as ケ, only the position of the strokes is different.

ランチ ranchi           lunch

Whether you type chi (Hepburn-style) or ti (Nihon-style), the computer will give you チ. 

The actual sound is neither the English [chi] nor [ti].

テ　te

This character is similar to ラ, but requires three strokes.

ホテル    hoteru         hotel

テスト   tesuto        test

Practice the two words above on your PC.



Your PC should support Japanese characters.

This is an easy one: left to right; top to bottom; left to right. The bottom stroke should be longer than the top stroke.

エラー  eraa           error

アロエ  aroe           aloe [a name of a plant]

Try the two words above on your PC.  



Your PC should support Japanese characters.