Similar but Different (Hiragana)

If you are not careful when writing hiragana, some characters can be easily confused with others. The following are common mistakes.

	あ and お may become confusing if あ is written like OR if お is written like .
	い and り may become indistinguishable if い is written like OR if り is written like .
	う and ら may become indistinguishable if う is written like OR if ら is written like .
	す and お may become indistinguishable if す is written like OR if お is written like .

	お and む may become indistinguishable if お is written like OR if む is written like .
	わ and れ may become indistinguishable if わ is written like OR if れ is written like .
If the ending of the last stroke has a too much/little curl, each character may be confused for another.
	ち is NOT a mirror image of さ, but they may look like the other if the second stroke of ち is separated into two strokes, OR if さ is flipped horizontally.

	ま may look like ほ, or or the other way around if there is an extra vertical stroke in ま OR if the last stroke in ほ crosses the horizontal stroke (ー).
	よ may look like ま, or or the other way around if the short horizontal stroke (ー) is crossed by the second stroke in よ OR if one of the horizontal strokes in ま is missing.
	ほ may become は, or the other way around if the second stroke is missing from ほ OR if there is an extra horizontal stroke in は.
	き may become さ, or the other way around if the one of the horizontal strokes is missing from き OR if there is an extra horizontal stroke in さ.