Hiragana: ka ki ku ke ko

Stroke order, tracing practice, and a video for the ka ki ku ke ko row.

• か ka — A person doing a KArate chop. The diagonal stroke is the chopping arm.
• き ki — A KEY lying sideways — two horizontal bars like a key's teeth.
• く ku — A bird's beak open to COO — a single angled stroke, like an open beak.
• け ke — A KETtle with a spout. The vertical stroke is the body, the curve is the spout.
• こ ko — Two horizontal strokes, like a highway overpass where you CO-mmute.