Ma (kana)


Ma 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.
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal m-
ma
Normal m-
maa
まあ, まぁ
まー
マア, マァ
マー

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