Hiragana "Mo" Coloring Pages

How Hiragana "Mo" Sounds and Works

Hiragana "Mo" is made by joining the "m" sound with the "o" sound. You close your lips and let the air go through your nose. It makes a soft and gentle sound! It is also a very helpful word. It helps you say "also" or "too" when you talk to your friends.

How the Letter Was Made: From Kanji "毛"

Hiragana letters came from smooth, cursive Kanji characters. The original Kanji for Hiragana "Mo" was "毛" (hair or fur).

• How the shape changed: The extra lines on top were made simple. Now it has just two side-to-side lines.

• How your pencil moves: You draw a line down and curve it up to the right. This shows how it used to look as Kanji.

  The two lines hold Hiragana "Mo" nice and steady. The little hook at the end makes it feel full of life!

Fun Words That Start with Hiragana "Mo"

Our learning coloring pages have lots of fun pictures! You can find everyday things, nature, and Japanese culture that start with Hiragana "Mo". Looking at these pictures helps you learn new words easily.

Show off the nice curves and upward flick!

The big character Hiragana "Mo" sits in the center. Try coloring it along the flow of its lines!

• Fun with the two top lines: Color the top and bottom side lines with soft pink like a peach, or bright red like autumn maple leaves. It will make the whole character look super pretty!

• An exciting upward flick: Make the color get darker as you go down to the final flick! This cool shade trick makes the character look like it is moving lively.

• Fill in the inside: Fill the inside of the thick outlines with soft yellow like cabbage butterfly wings. Or draw green dots like trees in a forest! Matching colors with real words is so much fun.

Coloring tricks to bring pictures to life

Here are some tips to make all the fun pictures look even more amazing!

• Natural colors and textures: Color the peach light pink all over, and make the bottom a little darker. It will look ripe and yummy! Mix red, orange, and yellow for the maple leaves to show deep autumn colors. Use a few shades of green for the forest to show overlapping trees.

• Cute animal characters: Color the mole with soft brown, and make its paws a bit lighter to make it look extra cute. You can leave the wings of the cabbage butterfly pure white, and softly blend light blue or yellow around the edges. It will look light and fluttery! Color the guinea pig with your favorite spots, like brown and white.

• Focus on the textures: Leave the rice cake white, but color light brown toasted spots to make it look tasty. Make the lines on the ruler clear. Use light beige for a bamboo ruler, or shiny pastel colors for a plastic one! Color the wooden fish drum deep shiny brown. Leave a tiny white spot uncolored to make it look shiny and polished.

• A unique picture: When you color the mozuku seaweed, try drawing many thin overlapping lines! It is a fun challenge to show soft, squishy seaweed.

Finishing touches

When a picture has many things in it, neat background ideas will make the main parts stand out even more!

• Color the empty space with a soft wash of yellow or green. This blends the main Hiragana "Mo" and all the pictures together nicely. You will get a gorgeous masterpiece that you can be proud of!

• Use your imagination and have fun! You can draw flower scent swirls around the cabbage butterfly. Or try adding little dots around the mole to look like real dirt.

It came from the Kanji "毛"!

The Hiragana "Mo" comes from the Kanji "毛" (mo / ke), which means hair or fur! They say the shape of the Kanji stayed almost the same and became the Hiragana "Mo" we use today.

Add two lines to "Shi"!

When you write Hiragana "Mo", draw a shape like the hiragana "Shi" first, and then add two straight lines across it. Making the going-down line a bit more rounded than "Shi" is the secret to making it look cute!

Don't mix it up with "Ma"!

Hiragana "Mo" looks a little bit like the hiragana "Ma". But with "Ma", the line goes straight through the top, while Hiragana "Mo" does not poke out at the top. Look closely to see if it pokes out or not!

What words start with "Mo"?

There are many words starting with Hiragana "Mo" in nature, like pink "momo" (peach), "mori" (forest) with lots of trees, and "mogura" (mole) living underground. Even "moshi moshi" (hello on the phone) starts with Hiragana "Mo"!