Ma (hiragana: ま, katakana: マ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is made in three strokes, while the katakana in two. Both represent . Stroke order The hiragana ま is made with three strokes: An upper horizontal line from left to right. Another horizontal line going from left to right under the first stroke. A vertical line from top to bottom, then a small loop towards the left, which then crosses the vertical line going to the right. The katakana マ is made with two strokes: A horizontal line from left to right, accompanied with a diagonal line towards the bottom-left. A small line at the end of the diagonal line. Other communicative representations Full Braille representation Computer encodings References Specific kana