Hiragana "Go" Coloring Pages

The Strongest in the Jungle! "Gorilla"

Gorillas have super big bodies and are the strongest animals in the jungle!

• Believe it or not, they weigh as much as 3 grown-ups (about 150 to 180 kilograms)!

• When they are angry or want to look strong, they beat their chest with both hands back and forth in a drum-like movement called "chest-beating." It makes a light thumping sound!

Eat Plenty Every Day! "Rice" (Gohan)

The rice you eat every day is hot, yummy food served high in a rice bowl.

• It comes from young rice plants in rice fields that soak up lots of sunlight and turn a shiny golden color.

• When you eat plenty of rice, your mind feels sharp, and lots of healthy energy fills up inside your body!

Protect Your Eyes from Water! "Goggles"

Goggles are a super handy tool you wear over your eyes when you swim in a pool or go skiing.

• They keep water out of your eyes, so you can blink comfortably and swim smoothly under water!

• The lenses come in many bright colors. When you put them on, everything around you looks different and fun!

Stretchy and Amazing! "Rubber" (Gomu)

Rubber is an amazing material that stretches far when you pull it and snaps right back the moment you let go.

• It is used in lots of things around you, like play balls, waistbands in your pants, and hair ties!

• It is made from a white liquid taken from a special tree called a rubber tree.

Grows Deep in the Dirt! "Burdock Root" (Gobo)

This veggie grows thin, long roots that stretch deep down into the ground.

• It can grow even longer than your umbrella (about 1 meter long)!

• It is packed with good nutrition that works like medicine to make your tummy feel great.

Clean Up Your Room! "Trash Can" (Gomibako)

This is an important bin at home or in your school classroom to collect old paper and trash.

• When you throw trash away properly in the trash can, your room stays super shiny and clean.

• Trash cans with lids have a great trick to keep bad smells from escaping outside!

A Bit Bitter and Good for You! "Bitter Melon" (Goya)

This bumpy green veggie grows a lot in warm places like Okinawa.

• It is also called "nigauri." It tastes a little bitter when you eat it, but it is full of healthy vitamins that chase away summer tiredness!

• If you pop it open, you can see white pith and round seeds lined up nicely inside.

Tiny and Full of Goodness! "Sesame Seeds" (Goma)

These are tiny seeds sprinkled on top of rice balls or cooked veggies.

• There are different kinds, like white "white sesame" and dark "black sesame."

• When you crush them in a grinding bowl, a wonderful nutty smell fills the whole room!

Flies So Far Away! "Golf Ball"

This is a small, hard, white ball used in the sport of golf.

• If you look closely at its surface, you will see lots of tiny little dimples all over it.

• Thanks to these little dimples, air pushes against it less, so it can fly super far into the sky!

Rings Out Loud and Clear! "Gong"

This is a big metal bell hit with a hammer to start and end boxing or wrestling matches.

• It is made of metal. When hit, it rings out with a super loud "CLANG!" through the whole arena.

• When everyone hears this sound, both the players and the fans get excited right away!

Pick colors to make Hiragana "Go" stand out the most

The big Hiragana "Go" in the middle is the main star of this coloring page.

• Pick your favorite bright and bold color like red, yellow, or orange from your colored pencils and color it in!

• The trick is to color slowly and neatly so you stay inside the thick black lines.

• When the main letter shines bright, all the small pictures around it will pop out and look fun too!

Strong gorilla and warm, steamy rice

Here is how to color the big gorilla and yummy rice to make them look real!

• Color the gorilla's body strongly using deep black or dark brown.

• Don't color it all black! If you leave a little white paper showing on the big shoulder and chest muscles, they will look super strong and 3D.

• For the rice, leave the white grains uncolored. Then color the bowl with your favorite pretty colors! If you draw soft gray shadows above the rice, it will look super hot and tasty.

Shiny plastic goggles and trash can

Here is a neat trick to make smooth plastic tools look real with colored pencils!

• The secret to clear goggle lenses is not coloring the whole thing! Gently color light blue or emerald green just along the edges of the lens lines.

• For the trash can, look at the bumpy line shadows. Add a little darker gray on just one side of each line. This easy trick makes it look like real 3D plastic!

How to color bumpy bitter melon and burdock root

Here are tips to give vegetables a bumpy and rough feel.

• First, color the bumpy bitter melon light green. Then gently tap dark green under the bumps where shadows fall.

• For burdock root, add brown and tan colors sideways to make it look freshly dug up from the dirt.

• Color softly with light pressure. This scratchy look makes the skin feel dry and real!

Shiny metal gong and your free ideas

Here is a cool way to make the gong look like it makes a loud metal sound!

• When you color the gong, color it yellow or gold first. Then add darker orange in circles from the center going out.

• Color the mallet stick brown and add a little shadow to the metal handle. Now you have a cool, heavy gong!

• There are no wrong answers in coloring! You do not have to use real colors. You can make a rainbow rubber band or a colorful golf ball. It is so exciting!

• Draw a shiny sun or happy butterflies in the empty spaces. When you color with your own fun ideas, your picture comes alive even more! Make your very own special Hiragana "Go" Nurie Zukan.

The original Kanji for Hiragana "Go" is "己"!

The hiragana "ko" was created by changing the shape of the kanji "己" (onore/ko), which means oneself. When you add two dots (tenten) to that "ko", you get Hiragana "Go". If you look at the stroke order and the boxy shape of the kanji "己" and soften it little by little, you can easily see how it turned into the two lines stacked on top of each other in "ko" and Hiragana "Go" today.

A "magic letter" that makes your words polite!

Hiragana "Go" has a magic power! Just stick it in front of a word, and it turns into a super polite and fancy word. For example, you can change a regular "aisatsu" (greeting) into "go-aisatsu," or change "hon" (book) into "go-hon." It is an important letter you really need when you want to speak with good manners.

"Gorogoro" and "gokugoku"! Heavy and powerful sounds

Hiragana "Go" is used in many sound words (onomatopoeia) for when something big and heavy moves, or when you do something with lots of energy. You can hear thunder or a heavy rock roll with a "gorogoro" sound, or gulp down water with a "gokugoku" sound. Just adding the sound of Hiragana "Go" makes things feel super strong and dynamic!

Tips for writing a cool and neat Hiragana "Go"

Here are some tricks to write a well-balanced, wonderful Hiragana "Go". First, write the 1st stroke (top line) slanting slightly up to the right, and end it with a gentle inward jump. Next, for the 2nd stroke (bottom line), catch the bounce from the 1st stroke, make it gently rounded, and keep the top and bottom lines parallel. Finally, add the two dots neatly in the open space on the top right, and you will have a gorgeous, super cool Hiragana "Go"!