"Ticked" correctly and circled appropriately.

[Emoni]

Here is a tiny little question that I seem to be unable to find the answer to, even in the beginning chapters of all my Japanese language books...

Stroke order is of course very important to writing in Japanese, and I've also practiced (practiced, not learned... hehe) shodo over the past year and stroke order is absolutely critical here.

However, I still am unsure the stroke order for the small "tick" marks for Ka to Ga and the small circle for changing Ha to Pa.

To be more clear I'm talking about the two diagonal marks on the Hiragana to change the sounds. For example the ticks on ぐ Also, where do you start, and which direction do you rotate for drawing the small circle in the hiragana ぺ

I'm surprised how hard it has been to find the answer to this, and thanks to anyone who knows!

 

[wakaP]

I still am unsure the stroke order for the small "tick" marks for Ka to Ga and the small circle for changing Ha to Pa.

Have you checked it yet?
Gahoh hiragana Page

 

[Emoni]

Thanks Waka!

(There is a We and Wi hiragana???)

 

[Keiichi]

It's funny, since I'm left handed, mine are drawn going the opposite direction. But it still looks okay. I wonder if anyone notices.

Keiichi

 

[Glenn]

Thanks Waka!

(There is a We and Wi hiragana???)

There were, but Japanese lost those sounds years ago, and the kana remained in use until the orthography reform after WWII. If you look at Japanese text from before WWII you will see that the animate existential and auxiliary verb iru was actually written wiru, as well as a few other differences in orthographic convention.

 

[Fantt]

Cool! I've wondered about that myself! Well, I guess now I know...

 

[jonny-mt]

Whoops! My marks have been going the wrong way for the better part of a decade now...I always wrote them slanting to the left, like closing quotes in English