Ma (kana)

Ma (hiragana: ま, katakana: マ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is made in three strokes, while the katakana in two. Both represent [ma].

Stroke order

The hiragana ま is made with three strokes:

1. An upper horizontal line from left to right.
2. Another horizontal line going from left to right under the first stroke.
3. A vertical line from top to bottom, then a small loop towards the left, which then crosses the vertical line going to the right.

The katakana マ is made with two strokes:

1. A horizontal line from left to right, accompanied with a diagonal line towards the bottom-left.
2. A small line at the end of the diagonal line.

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

• Computer encodings

References

1. MA
2. Kana
3. Ashtiname of Muhammad
4. Kana ligature
5. Katakana
6. Asuka (wrestler)
7. Arabic phonology
8. N (kana)
9. Small Kana Extension
10. Me (kana)
11. A (kana)
12. Wi (kana)
13. Hiragana
14. Mu (kana)
15. Tsu (kana)
16. Ra (kana)
17. We (kana)
18. Yi (kana)
19. Ye (kana)
20. Re (kana)