This is not your average less than sign
HOW TO WRITE IT [Follow the red strokes from left to right]
ROMAJI - ku SOUND - [as in COol] 13 k wav
MEMORY: It looks like paKU man (Pac-man)
GO
Kanji, the 3rd writing system in Japanese, has about 2000 characters to learn - aren't you glad you are learning Hiragana?
1 a i u e o R 2 ka ki ku ke ko R 3 sa shi su se so R 4 ta chi tsu te to R 5 na ni nu ne no R 6 ha hi fu he ho R 7 ma mi mu me mo R 8 ya yu yo R 9 ra ri ru re ro R 10 wa n R 11 combo 12 last