stroke order

How to write the hiragana (romaji “sa”) — 3 strokes.

Stroke 0 / 3
Speed
Character
ScriptHiragana
Romajisa
Stroke count3
UnicodeU+3055
Practice writing this character Make a free printable tracing worksheet for さ and other hiragana.

Press Play to watch being written one stroke at a time, in the correct order and direction. Use Next stroke / Prev stroke to step through the 3 strokes 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.

Stroke data from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.