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Tracing sheets: hiragana, katakana, 한글 and 注音

For parents of preschool and Year 1 children learning to write. Pick the rows to practise; each letter gets a model, three grey copies to trace and empty squares. Free, no sign-up, prints on A4, JIS B5 or Letter.

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How to use it with your child

  1. Choose Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul or Zhuyin, then tap the rows to include.
  2. Choose how many empty squares each row gets.
  3. Choose A4, B5 (JIS) or Letter and tap Print sheet. Seven letters fit on each page.
  4. Sit with your child for the first few letters. Kana sheets number each stroke on the model; for hangul and zhuyin, show the order on the model letter.

Which school years it suits

Ages 4–6 and Year 1: hiragana before katakana in Japan, 자음 and 모음 before syllables in Korea, and zhuyin in the first weeks of Year 1 in Taiwan.

About the letter shapes

The sheets use the school-style fonts your device already has (for example UD デジタル 教科書体 on Windows, Klee on Mac, 標楷體 for zhuyin), and an ordinary font where there's none. Stroke-order numbers will come later.

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Questions parents ask

Do the sheets show stroke order?

For hiragana and katakana, yes: the model letter is drawn from KanjiVG's strokes (CC BY-SA 3.0) with each stroke numbered where it starts. Hangul and zhuyin aren't in KanjiVG, so please show the order on the model letter.

Can I print a whole set at once?

Yes: tap every row you want, and the sheets continue over as many pages as needed.