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Katakana Stroke Order Chart
All 46 basic katakana characters in gojūon order. Katakana is the angular syllabary used for loanwords, foreign names, emphasis and sound effects. Its strokes are short and mostly straight, so stroke direction matters for neat writing.
| Vowels | アa | イi | ウu | エe | オo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-row | カka | キki | クku | ケke | コko |
| S-row | サsa | シshi | スsu | セse | ソso |
| T-row | タta | チchi | ツtsu | テte | トto |
| N-row | ナna | ニni | ヌnu | ネne | ノno |
| H-row | ハha | ヒhi | フfu | ヘhe | ホho |
| M-row | マma | ミmi | ムmu | メme | モmo |
| Y-row | ヤya | ユyu | ヨyo | ||
| R-row | ラra | リri | ルru | レre | ロro |
| W-row | ワwa | ヲwo | |||
| N | ンn |
Writing tips
- シ/ツ and ン/ソ are told apart by stroke direction: シ and ン rise from the bottom-left, ツ and ソ fall from the top.
- Many katakana come from parts of kanji, e.g. カ from 加 and ロ from 呂, which helps when memorising shapes.
- Long vowels in katakana words use the bar ー, which is not part of this 46-character chart.
Each character page has a stroke animation, a step-by-step diagram and a tracing exercise. Dakuten forms (が, ぱ…) and small kana (ゃ, っ…) are not separate entries yet. Next: the Hiragana chart or the JLPT N5 kanji.