Look-Alike Kana, Side by Side
シ or ツ? ソ or ン? ぬ or め? The pairs learners mix up most, shown at the same size with numbered strokes and one sentence naming the difference. The same cards appear in Kanaria after a wrong answer.
12 pairs · Stroke order from KanjiVG
Katakana
- shi · tsuKatakana
シ shi ツ tsu Shi: two dots stacked on the left, the last stroke sweeps up from the bottom. Tsu: two dots across the top, the last stroke drops down.
Practise This Pair in the App - so · nKatakana
ソ so ン n So: the short stroke stands upright at the top. N: the short stroke lies flat on the left, and the long stroke sweeps up.
Practise This Pair in the App - no · meKatakana
ノ no メ me No is one stroke. Me adds a second stroke that crosses it.
Practise This Pair in the App - ku · waKatakana
ク ku ワ wa Ku is open on the right. Wa closes into a box.
Practise This Pair in the App - ke · taKatakana
ケ ke タ ta Ke: the second stroke is a flat line. Ta: the second stroke is a short diagonal inside.
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Hiragana
- nu · meHiragana
ぬ nu め me Nu ends with a small loop. Me ends without one.
Practise This Pair in the App - ne · re · waHiragana
ね ne れ re わ wa Ne has a loop at the end, re ends with a hook to the right, wa curls inward.
Practise This Pair in the App - ru · roHiragana
る ru ろ ro Ru ends with a loop. Ro ends open.
Practise This Pair in the App - sa · chiHiragana
さ sa ち chi Sa and chi are mirror images: sa opens to the right, chi to the left.
Practise This Pair in the App - ha · hoHiragana
は ha ほ ho Ho has one more horizontal stroke at the top of the right part.
Practise This Pair in the App - ki · saHiragana
き ki さ sa Ki has two horizontal strokes. Sa has one.
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Across Scripts
- ri · riAcross Scripts
り ri リ ri Hiragana ri is curved and may join. Katakana ri is two straight strokes.
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