く stroke order

How to write the hiraganaく (romaji “ku”) — 1 stroke.

Character	く
Script	Hiragana
Romaji	ku
Stroke count	1
Unicode	U+304F

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Press Play to watch く being written one stroke at a time, in the correct order and direction. Use Next stroke / Prev stroke to step through the 1 stroke yourself, and turn on Stroke numbers to see where each stroke begins. Learning kana in the right stroke order early makes your handwriting cleaner and faster.

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