Hiragana Final Characters stroke order: わ を ん
わ, を and ん close out the 46. わ, れ and ね all start with the same tall vertical stroke, and only the second stroke tells them apart. ん is a single stroke, and を is three. It is the busiest-looking of the three but follows the usual top-to-bottom order.
Final Characters characters
わ (wa) 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
The tall vertical first, then a stroke that zig-zags and finishes in a wide open curve.
を (wo) 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
The crossbar first, then the zig-zag through it, then the curved bottom stroke.
ん (n) 1 stroke
- 1
One stroke: down to the left, back up, then a dip and a tail to the right.
Common mistakes
The mistake with this group is usually about how strokes end, not their order. わ, れ and ね all open with the same tall vertical, and the second stroke decides which character you wrote: a wide open curve for わ, a kick out to the right for れ, a small closed loop for ね. Rush that ending and your reader has to guess. を trips people up because its middle stroke looks like two pieces. It is one movement: down, a sharp turn, and across. ん is a single stroke too. Writing it as two separate pieces, a slash and then a tail, is the most common reason it comes out looking wrong.
Keep going
Learn what each character looks like and how to remember it in the hiragana Final Characters mnemonics article, then drill recognition with Final Characters flashcards. The same row in katakana is here.