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Confusable pairs 1: め/ぬ は/ほ さ/き る/ろ — 似ている字 1

Four pairs cause most beginners' misreadings. Look at what tells them apart, then write each one three times without looking back.

meめ
nuぬ
me / nu
ぬ has a loop at the end. め stops.
め
ぬ
haは
hoほ
ha / ho
ほ has one extra horizontal stroke.
は
ほ
saさ
kiき
sa / ki
き has two horizontals, さ has one.
さ
き
ruる
roろ
ru / ro
る ends in a loop, ろ ends open.
る
ろ
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