Ma (kana) explained

Hiragana Image:	Japanese_Hiragana_kyokashotai_MA.svg
Katakana Image:	Japanese_Katakana_kyokashotai_MA.svg
Transliteration:	ma
Hiragana Manyogana:	末
Katakana Manyogana:	末
Other Manyogana:	万 末 馬 麻 摩 磨 満 前 真 間 鬼
Unicode:	U+307E, U+30DE
Flag1:	9
Flag2:	5
Spelling:	マッチのマ Matchi no "ma"

Ma (hiragana: ま, katakana: マ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is made in three strokes, while the katakana in two. Both represent pronounced as /[ma]/.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal m- (ま行 ma-gyō)	ma	ま	マ
	maa mā	まあ, まぁ まー	マア, マァ マー

Stroke order

The hiragana ま is made with three strokes:

1. An upper horizontal line from left to right.
2. Another horizontal line going from left to right under the first stroke.
3. 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:

1. A horizontal line from left to right, accompanied with a diagonal line towards the bottom-left.
2. A small line at the end of the diagonal line.

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

ま / マ in Japanese Braille
ま / マ ma	まあ / マー mā	Other kana based on Braille ま
		みゃ / ミャ mya	みゃあ / ミャー myā

• Computer encodings