つ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Counter 2.3.1 Compounds 2.3.2 Synonyms

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
つ Unicode: U+3064Katakana: ツHepburn romanization: tsuNihon-shiki romanization: tuPolivanov cyrillization: цуJapanese braille: ⠝

[edit] Syllable

つ

1. The hiragana syllable at た行う段 (row TA, section U) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 川 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

つ (romaji tsu)

1. The /tsu/ syllable.
2. The eighteenth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is ち and the next character is て. The equivalent katakana character is ツ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with つ (tsu) see: Special:Allpages/つ

[edit] Counter

つ (romaji tsu)

1. small items

[edit] Compounds

• 一つ (ひとつ, hitotsu)

  noun: one, 1 (counting); the same

• 二つ (ふたつ, futatsu)

  noun: two, 2 (counting); two years old

• 三つ (みっつ, mittsu)

  noun: three 3 (counting)

• 四つ (よっつ, yottsu)
• 五つ (いつつ, itsutsu)
• 六つ (むっつ, muttsu)
• 七つ (ななつ, nanatsu)
• 八つ (やっつ, yattsu)
• 九つ (ここのつ, kokonotsu)

[edit] Synonyms

• 個