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Free Hiragana Worksheets

ひらがな (hiragana) · For kids and beginners of any age · Free PDF

Hiragana is the first Japanese alphabet that children in Japan learn. These are real worksheets made for Japanese preschoolers, with big letters, numbered strokes, a picture word for each letter, and small steps from tracing to writing on your own. Because they’re made for small children, they’re also an easy place to start for adult beginners.

All 46 hiragana

🔊 Sound plays when you tap — check your volume. Tap a letter to hear it (it uses your device’s Japanese voice). The letters under each one are romaji — how to say it with the English alphabet.

A few letters don’t follow the pattern: し = shi, ち = chi, つ = tsu, ふ = fu. を sounds like “o” and is used as a small word inside sentences (on the worksheet: えをかく, meaning “draw a picture”). ん is a plain “n” sound.

How to read the worksheet

Read from right to left. These sheets are written vertically, top to bottom, the traditional way. Each column is one letter, starting on the right.
Each column goes step by step: the big letter → a picture word (the letter is red) → a colored box with numbered strokes and arrows → gray letters to trace → a partial letter to trace → an empty box to write it yourself.
The block on the left repeats the whole row, with empty boxes for extra practice.
The numbers show stroke order — which line to write first, and which way it goes.

すうじのじゅんばんにせんをなぞってから □ にひらがなをかこう。

sūji no junban ni sen o nazotte kara □ ni hiragana o kakō.

= Trace the lines in number order, then write the hiragana in the □.

すうじsūjinumber

なぞってnazottetrace

かこうkakōlet’s write

The small boxes on the right edge are for the date and name: がつ (month), にち (day), なまえ (name). You can leave them blank.

The worksheets

Start with the あ row and go in order. One row at a time is enough — even one or two letters a day works.