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ま (ma) in hiragana: pronunciation, stroke order and examples

The hiragana ま is read "ma". Stroke order step by step, the same sound in katakana (マ), the look-alikes not to confuse and example words.

Reading
ma
Same sound in katakana
マ
Not to confuse with
も mo

Words with ま

  • 待つ まつ — To wait
  • 窓 まど — Window
  • 毎朝 まいあさ — Every morning
  • 毎晩 まいばん — Every evening
  • 前 まえ — Front / before
  • 毎日 まいにち — Every day

Stroke order · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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