つ゚

See also: つ, づ, and っ

Japanese

Etymology

The character つ with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɯ̟ᵝ]

Syllable

つ゚ (romaji tu)

1. (nonstandard, obsolete) The hiragana syllable つ゚ (tu). Its equivalent in katakana is ツ゚ (tu).

Usage notes

This character is a borrowing from the Ainu syllable ツ゚, and is not included in JIS X 0213. However, in Christian materials and literary texts, examples of the Latin syllables /tu/ and /du/ being transcribed as つ゚ has been confirmed.

During the Edo period, some tōon literary materials used this kana to transcribe the Chinese syllable /tu/. This is no longer common today, as とぅ is preferred for all transcriptions of /tu/ instead.

See also

• と゚

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕがか゚	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	らら゚	わゎわ゙	ん
いぃ	きぎき゚	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み	𛀆	りり゚	ゐ𛅐ゐ゙
うぅゔ	くぐく゚	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	るる゚	𛄟
えぇ	けゖげけ゚	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め	𛀁	れれ゚	ゑ𛅑ゑ゙
おぉ	こごこ゚	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろろ゚	を𛅒を゙
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ