Stroke Order
The hiragana え is made with two strokes:
- At the top, a short diagonal stroke proceeding downward and to the right.
- At the bottom, a stroke composed of a horizontal line, a diagonal proceeding downward and to the left, and a rightward stroke resembling a tilde (~).
The katakana エ is made with three strokes:
- At the top, a horizontal stroke from left to right.
- A downward vertical stroke starting in the center of the first stroke.
- At the bottom, a horizontal stroke parallel to the first stroke, and touching the second. This stroke is usually slightly longer than the first.
This is also the way to make the English letter "I" (although the correct upper case form does not look like the lower case English letter "l")
Read more about this topic: E (kana)
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