わ (wa), hiragana basic
わ
wa
わ row · a column
hiraganabasic2 strokes
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Similar characters
Words with わ
私わたしI
悪いわるいbad
分かるわかるunderstand
How to remember it
わImagine water swirling around the right side of a post: wa. Compare ね and れ, especially how the right-hand stroke ends.
Where it comes from
和わ
わ developed from the cursive writing of 和. The kana represents wa rather than the kanji's meaning harmony.