CARDDIA Japanese Syllabary - Hiragana Flash Cards (with Stroke-Order Diagrams and Example Words), Standard Playing Card Size, Sturdy, Water Resistant

These hiragana flashcards have been such a great tool for learning. Each card has the hiragana character on the front, and the back includes its pronunciation, stroke order, and the corresponding katakana and kanji (when applicable). I really appreciate being able to see how to write each character properly, not just recognize it.The cards are sturdy, easy to read, and thoughtfully designed. The extra info on the back helps make connections across writing systems early on, which I wasn’t expecting from a basic flashcard set. Great for self-study or review on the go. Highly recommend.

I bought this set as a gift. They are the right size for her small hands.

I ordered a pack and it was missing a card, I emailed them and they sent me the missing card for free! No shipping cost or anything!Also, the cards are good quality and even show you the correct way to write it.

This set has everything you need to start learning to read japanese. The pen strokes are a nice touch to help with learning to write. The quality is good, and I'm very happy with the purchase.

excellent size for pocket reference

I purchased these rather than an app because a) staring at one's phone endlessly is boring and b) using physical cards may help me trick my partner into learning hiragana with me (i.e. "honey, can you help quiz me again?").This set is superior in almost every way to a competitor brand I ordered earlier, which is why I'm rounding up a 3.5 star rating to 4 stars. The CARDDIA set differentiates cards by type (each card in this hiragana set states that it is hiragana, so if you purchase the separate katakana set and they get mixed up you won't get confused); lists the equivalent katakana symbol; further differentiates cards as monograph, digraph, and/or diacritic; provides stroke order so you can learn to write as you learn to read.On the negative side, they were impossible to remove from the flimsy cardboard case without damaging the box. As careful as I was, the case still tore. This ended up not being much of an issue, however, because it's beyond me how one is expected to get the cards back in the box for storage. The opened pack instantly expanded beyond the limits of the tight-fitting cardboard box. So I'll have to use a rubber band to keep the pack together, which I fear will damage the cards over time.Of greatest concern is the quality of the cards themselves. My partner and I are tabletop board gamers, so we have a lot of experience with various types of cards, and I suspect that these will not hold up to repeated use over time the way that sturdier cards with a linen finish would. I had originally planned to purchase the katakana set as well, but am now glad I decided to hold off until after I "road-test" the hiragana set for awhile.

I’m taking a language course in Japanese. The flash cards are a big help. I am finding that I am starting to be able to read the hiragana easier. By using the cards. The cards show the hiragana syllable, katakana, the original kanji, and how to write the katakana syllable too. Glad I bought them. Recommend.

This set of Japanese hiragana flash cards is just what i needed for my Japanese class! They are the size of a deck of playing cards, heavy duty but easily shuffled.They contain all 104 Japanese hiragana characters, including those with diacritical marks and compound chacters.On one side of each card is a character in large size, easy to read. On the other side is the romaji pronunciation of the character, a diagram of the stroke order, the corresponding katakana character, a kanji for the character, and several words using the character, written in kanji, hiragana, romaji, with an English definition.Really useful!CPG