Ma (
hiragana: ま,
katakana: マ) is one of the Japanese
kana, which each represent one
mora
Mora may refer to:
People
* Mora (surname)
Places Sweden
* Mora, Säter, Sweden
* Mora, Sweden, the seat of Mora Municipality
* Mora Municipality, Sweden
United States
* Mora, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
* Mora, Minnesota, a city
* M ...
. The hiragana is made in three strokes, while the katakana in two. Both represent .
Stroke order
The hiragana ま is made with three
stroke
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s:
#An upper horizontal line from left to right.
#Another horizontal line going from left to right under the first stroke.
#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:
# A horizontal line from left to right, accompanied with a diagonal line towards the bottom-left.
# A small line at the end of the diagonal line.
Other communicative representations
* Full Braille representation
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Computer encodings
References
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Specific kana