There are 2 Hiragana with simple 3 stroke. They are に【ni】 & け【ke】. At the first stroke, they have the same part at the left side.

Left part of に【ni】
 
Left part of け【ke】


See? So, lets start to study.

に【ni】

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This is the original Kanji of に, and you see the 2 parts here. The left side and the right side. Such kind of compornents of Kanji is called "Kanji Radicals". Each Kanji consists of one or multiple radicals. Understanding the radicals makes it easier to memorize kanji, since they become more concrete.

Most of time, if the hiragana has the first stroke look like "the left part", it means the original Kanji has the left part, too. We call the Kanji radical of Left part as "HEN".


け【ke】

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The original Kanji also has the left part, "HEN", and the right part.


は【は】

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You can write this Hiragana almost the same way that you write け. Just add a knot at the last.



The Original Kanji also has HEN.

ほ【ほ】

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You might think the previous one, は and this ほ is alike. For preventing mix them up, just make sure:The 4th and the last stroke with knot starts on the place just touching the 2 nd stroke, the upper holizontal line. It should not intersect. (は's 3rd stroke with knot should intersect the 2nd stroke, the upper horizontal line.)



When we see the right part of ほ, there is a similer looking Hiragana.

ま【ま】
   
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This time, the 3rd stroke with knot should intersect the 1st stroke, the upper horizontal line.

    

Originnal Kanji also show the vertical line intersect the horizontal one.

は, ほ, ま are the 3 Hiragana that bigginers get confused. Please write again and again until you'll get.