Hindi Writing – Consonants (व्यंजन) 1

💡Tips for Parents

▸ Why It Matters This first group covers the first two of Devanagari's five consonant "families" (vargas) — क ख ग घ ङ, velar sounds made at the back of the throat, and च छ ज झ ञ, palatal sounds made with the tongue against the roof of the mouth. As the opening worksheet in a series that will move through consonants and then vowels, this sheet sets the physical habits your child will use throughout: how to approach a curved stroke, when to add the connecting headline. Because Hindi organizes consonants by where they're pronounced in the mouth rather than alphabetically the way English does, tracing these ten letters in order gives your child an early, physical sense of that structure — a foundation for reading fluently, not just copying shapes. ▸ Getting Started Start with क, ख, ग, since they share a similar left-to-right curved stroke pattern that lets your child's hand settle into a rhythm before anything trickier appears. Move next to घ, the first letter in this set with a small loop, treating that loop as its own added step. Draw the vertical or curved body of each letter first, and only add the horizontal headline — the shirorekha that Devanagari letters hang from — last, as one connecting stroke drawn after the letter body is complete, never as the first mark on the page. ▸ If They Get Stuck च and छ look almost identical except for one extra hook on छ; the same relationship holds between ज and झ, where झ has one added loop. If your child mixes these up, cover the extra stroke with a finger to show them the "base" letter first, then reveal the hook or loop and have them trace just that added piece a few times on its own before combining it with the rest of the letter. If the headline keeps drifting instead of staying flat, have your child practice drawing a few straight horizontal lines separately before connecting them to a finished letter body. ▸ Praise Points Praise your child specifically for noticing that ङ and ञ look different from the rest of this group and rarely appear alone in words: "You spotted that these two are special — that means you're not just copying shapes, you're noticing how the letters actually work." That kind of observation is worth more than a neat line, since it's the beginning of real reading, and it's exactly the skill they'll need again in the next worksheet's tricky retroflex-versus-dental pairs.

🎯What This Worksheet Builds

Practices the first ten Devanagari consonants, क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ — the ka-varga and cha-varga groups — with attention to the curved strokes and headline (shirorekha).

👉Next Step

Continue with Hindi Writing – Consonants 2 to practice the ट-वर्ग and त-वर्ग retroflex and dental sounds.