た (ta), hiragana basic
た
ta
た row · a column
hiraganabasic4 strokes
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Variants
Words with た
食べるたべるeat
ただいまI’m home
高いたかいexpensive; high; tall
How to remember it
たA crossed stroke on the left stands beside two short marks. Picture a table with two small plates: ta.
Where it comes from
太た
た developed from the cursive writing of 太. The kana represents ta, not the kanji's meaning of thick or large.