My hiragana
 

could someone please tell me how my hiragana is? what needs improvement?
its my first time writing it.
sorry for the quality.
also, its only a-o because that all I know so far.

Your U looks like a katakana RA.

I think the あ and う definately need improvement. As MMM said, the う looks like ラ and the あ looks quite unnatural. い could do with a slight improvement (make the left stroke curvier) and the お looks pretty okay. Your え looks great, no need for improvement there.

あ
note the curved "cross" and shape of the loop (that kind of resembles の)

They look alright, but you could use a little more practice on a few of them. It`s sometimes hard to get them right if you copy from typed materials as depending on the font they can look quite different from the handwritten form.

There is a good free PDF file you can print out to use for practice here. Also, a direct link to the pdf file in case you can`t find the link on the page (it`s in Japanese).

Thanks for the file! =D

Nyororin, that Hirigana chart is a massive help. Thanks very much!

Regards

K

I second that.

I also think you should practice more, your hiragana looks too... (man I dunno the adjective, damn, how should I put this...the strokes are really, hmmm -.-)

Well, I can write hiragana fast now, you should practice to do that as well, your strokes will get better and more curvy.

Nyororin, I don't suppose you know of a link to a similar .pdf for katakana? I found the hirigana .pdf very useful indeed. Although, I had to cross reference with my study book to make sure I was writing the strokes in the correct order.

Regards

K

EDIT:Ah, sorry I found the link on that page. I guess I can read Japanese! :D

Here is the link for the katakana page should anyone want it:

http://www.syougi.net/moji/img/katakana.pdf