Hiragana Page 02 い i

With only 2 Hiragana under your belt, you can begin to read real Japanese words!

HOW TO WRITE IT
[Follow the red strokes from left to right]

ROMAJI - i
SOUND [as in 'fEEt']

MEMORY: It looks like two arms -- It will get me... EEk!!

EXAMPLES: How do you say them?
- This means "love"

- This means "good"

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word "love"

Submitted by nanatgreat on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 08:26.

So does the word love sound like "Ah Ee"

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Justed added the sound files

Submitted by clay on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 00:01.

Justed added the sound files for you. :)

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thank u

Submitted by nanatgreat on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 11:28.

thank u

STROKES SUGGESTION

Submitted by panicxheart on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 15:42.

It'd help if you guys had little arrows or something pointing to the direction you should write the strokes in.

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Usually up to down; left to

Submitted by clay on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 22:42.
Usually up to down; left to right. You can review the basic "rules" here:
http://thejapanesepage.com/kanji/stroke_order

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Hawaii

Submitted by nodata on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 13:20.

I remembered this because it looks like the last 2 letters in Hawaii and sounds like it!

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