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Writing Hiragana Nicely - yukamina - 2009-05-07
I've been writing kana and all that on my own for ages, but I thought it might be nice to learn how to write more accurately or nicely. I remember seeing a Japanese site that had hiragana charts, and I think it might have been posted on these forums, but I can't find it...
So, anyone know a good site for learning to write hiragana properly?
Writing Hiragana Nicely - welldone101 - 2009-05-07
Huge link coming up but I don't know how to shrink it. It's a link to this book on amazon:
かんたん! 100字できれいになる ボールペン字練習帳 which is a book for learning to make all the lines with a ball pen. As far as websites, I think all you need is a chart and some character-paper and just practice tracing like 5 times by placing the character-paper over the chart, then free writing another 10 or so focusing on the shape/proportion etc.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%8B%E3%82%93%E3%81%9F%E3%82%93-100%E5%AD%97%E3%81%A7%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8C%E3%81%84%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B-%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E5%AD%97%E7%B7%B4%E7%BF%92%E5%B8%B3-%E9%9D%92%E5%B1%B1-%E6%B5%A9%E4%B9%8B/dp/4839930392/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241736681&sr=1-22
Writing Hiragana Nicely - yukamina - 2009-05-07
I don't want just regular font, though. I can't think of the right word for it. Hand writing, calligraphy, something along those lines.
Writing Hiragana Nicely - welldone101 - 2009-05-07
手書き.. writing by hand.
That's what this book is about. At the beginning he talks about character shape and suggests that everybody should find a script they like and make it their own. But the fundamentals are all the same, the lines have a proper way to start, curve, end, and corner, and that's what he teaches in here.
If you want to search the Japanese yahoo or google use these words
手書き handwriting
書道 calligraphy
ﾎﾞｰﾙﾍﾟﾝ ball pen
筆ペン brush pen
文字（もじ） character
字形 character form
and eventually you should be able to find something you want. Handwriting is really popular in Japan so you'll probably have a lot more luck on the Japanese internet.
Writing Hiragana Nicely - welldone101 - 2009-05-07
I tried finding a chart but the first two pages are mostly links to the book I already posted and this course here http://ucanballpen.com/6.html
Looks pretty all encompassing.