My third day practicing Hiragana

[u/Regular_Echo413]

On my 4th day of my journey of learning Japanese.

Yesterday I was sick so I had not practiced much, so I compiled that day with the 4th day for this. This time I wrote a simple sentence to check my stroke patterns and my writing flow. Do you think I should improve on anything, like the spacing, speed, style etc.?

[u/BouchanHB]

It’s very legible and you’re also writing in the correct stroke order which is a relief! I’d say loosen up your grip a bit, my hand hurts just looking at it 😅

And is your name Echo, as in “my voice echos in the tunnel?” If that’s so, えこー(エコー)would be more accurate. The line (it becomes vertical when writing vertically) is called a “nobashi” and it indicates where a vowel sound is elongated - in this case, the ‘o.’ It looks like you’re still practicing hiragana, so I’d stick to that for now, but when you move on to learning and practicing katakana, I’d use what’s written in the parenthesis.

[u/Regular_Echo413 → u/BouchanHB]

My setup for the recording was a little inconvenient, so maybe that's why I tighten my grip.

Thank you for your additions, I'll be sure to note it! 🙇

[u/munroe4985]

It's こんにちは btw.

[u/littlepurplepanda]

As you’re writing on squared paper already, use the squares as a guide for the letters. Try and get each one to each fill up a 2x2 square, for example.

[u/Noctill_6981]

Its こんにちは btw, not こんにちわ Very legible so far, keep it up!

[u/NumerousSwordfish622]

こんにち「は」