Tsu (kana)

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The hiragana つ.

The katakana ツ.

The hiragana づ.

The katakana ヅ.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

つ, in hiragana, or ツ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora, pronounced [tsɯ] listen (help·info).

Not to be confused with sokuon, which are identical but somewhat smaller.

Also note that, as in the other -u kana, the 'u' sound is very subtle; unless well-articulated, this kana sounds fairly close to 'ts' alone.

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal ts- (た行 ta-gyō)	tsu	つ	ツ
	tsuu tsū	つう, つぅ つー	ツウ, ツゥ ツー
Addition dakuten d/z- (だ行 da-gyō)	du, zu	づ	ヅ
	duu, zuu dū, zū	づう, づぅ づー	ヅウ, ヅゥ ヅー

Other addtional forms
Form A (ts-) tsa つぁ ツァ tsi つぃ ツィ (tsu) (つ) (ツ) tse つぇ ツェ tso つぉ ツォ	Form B (zw-) zwa づぁ ヅァ zwi づぃ ヅィ (zwu) (づ) (ヅ) zwe づぇ ヅェ zwo づぉ ヅォ

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