づ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms

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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
づ Unicode: U+3065Katakana: ヅHepburn romanization: zuNihon-shiki romanization: duPolivanov cyrillization: дзиJapanese braille: ⠐⠝

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づ

1. The hiragana syllable つ with a dakuten.

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Derived from つ by addition of dakuten.

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づ (romaji zu)

1. The /dzu/ syllable, pronounced /zu/ in speech.
2. (obsolete) The /du/ syllable.
3. The voiced form of つ. The previous voiced character is ぢ and the next voiced character is で. The equivalent katakana character is ヅ.

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• For a list of words starting with づ (zu), see: Special:Allpages/づ