A simple day-by-day plan to read and write all 46 hiragana in one week.
Hiragana is the first Japanese script every student learns. With 20–30 minutes a day you can read all 46 letters in a week.
The 7-day plan
- Day 1: あ い う え お and か き く け こ
- Day 2: さ し す せ そ and た ち つ て と
- Day 3: な に ぬ ね の and は ひ ふ へ ほ
- Day 4: ま み む め も and や ゆ よ
- Day 5: ら り る れ ろ and わ を ん
- Day 6: the sounds with ゛ and ゜ (が, ざ, だ, ば, ぱ)
- Day 7: combined sounds (きゃ, しゅ, ちょ …) and a full review
Tips that work
- Say each letter aloud while you write it.
- Write each new letter 10 times, in the correct stroke order.
- Review yesterday's letters before learning new ones.
- Read simple words: いぬ (dog), ねこ (cat), すし (sushi).
Practise with our free hiragana chart with sounds.