Tsu (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	tsu
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	川
Katakana Man'yōgana:	川
Unicode:
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, each of which represents one mora. Both represent (IPA) /tɯ/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [tsɯ] (help·info).

The sokuon, which are used mainly to indicate consonant gemination, are identical but somewhat smaller.

The dakuten forms づ, ヅ, pronounced the same as the dakuten forms of the su kana, are uncommon. They are primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word (see rendaku), and they can never begin a word.

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, dzu	づ	ヅ
	duu, zuu dū, zū	づう, づぅ づー	ヅウ, ヅゥ ヅー

Other additional forms
Form A (ts-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana 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-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana 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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