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I just want to make sure that if I were to be asked to write something out in
Hiragana, it would be easy to understand.
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hiragana handwriting
Is my Hiragana writing legible and easy to read?
Your Hiragana is fine and legible. You write Japanese characters better than
an expatriate I know who speaks Japanese pretty well. However your ね,れ,わ, all
of which are combination of a straight line and a curved line, look somewhat
awkward and constrained, because the head of vertical lines are all tilted to
left. It should be drawn straight down as you see in the printed characters.

そ lacks the balance. It's top-heavy, and easily confused with a deformed た.

The ノ line of ゆ should be placed in the exact center of the character, keeping
a good balance.
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Your writing is, by and large, legible and I don't think anyone should
misunderstand you. However, there are several points I must make (also see the
image below):

  1. Some kana are definitely unbalanced, notably そ, ね, れ, わ. A few other characters have curves that aren't in right places too, but they're matter of practicing, I guess.
  2. You try keeping writing in squares, which is a right attitude. However, _fitting_ the square doesn't mean _filling_ the square; some kana have to be oblong relative to the square frame.
  3. Some kana you see in textbook might have "hooks", but it's not what meant to be reproduced when you write yourself, especially with ball-point pen, as they are "trace" of pen that kept for stylistic reason. If you write at a fast pace, they do appear in your writing, though not needed to be awarely copied.
  4. Finally, I have to say that your handwriting apparently seems non-native (besides well or badly shaped), but that may be because you haven't seen how they actually write. Googling "[手書き](https://www.google.co.jp/search?tbm=isch&q=%E6%89%8B%E6%9B%B8%E3%81%8D)" (handwriting) in Japanese will provide you tons of living examples.

[![handwriting](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uJV7y.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uJV7y.jpg)
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Your hiragana is probably much more legible than when I was at third grade in
Japan.

Your ね、れ、ゆ、わ、そ needs a bit of work on overall balance as the right side tend
to be squished a bit. For your そ、the bottom curved stroke got squished because
you made the top portion proportionately too large. Never the less, I could
probably read a whole book in your writing with decent comfort.
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