Kana chart August 21st 2009

Well, as of this morning, I can write out the entire Kana chart from memory!

This was done using Windows Journal on a Toshiba Tecra tablet PC, so it’s slightly rougher than even my usual scrawl, and I’ve sneakily not saved the grid pattern that made everything all neat and organised. We will call it even.

I also blanked on a couple of characters – including ones I thought I’d learned weeks ago! But they eventually dropped into my brain…

But yay!

Next week – Kanji! Of course, instead of a couple of hundred characters, I now have to memorise a couple of thousand… should only take me a few years!

My Kana handwriting, as of 19th August 2009

My kana (Hiragana and Katakana) handwriting as of Wednesday 19th 2009. I have managed to swap ら　and　り (third column from the left, top two characters), and I’ve only written the Katakana (bottom group) that I know so far.

These are charts of all the kana (well, minus the ones I don’t know), in the equivalent of alphabetical order. Down the right are the vowels – a, i, u, e, o. Then each column has the same vowel with a different consonent. So reading the top row right-to-left gets you: a, ka, sa, ta, na, ha, ma, ya, ra (or “ri”, given my lapse in concentration), and wa. And then there’s ん – “n” – all on it’s own at the end – it’s the only consonant that isn’t followed by a vowel.

I suppose this isn’t so bad, given I’ve only been at this for a month or so. But I do wish it looked a little prettier. And I hate the way my か　and　カ come out. Perhaps in time.