づ

See also: っ, つ, and つ゚

づ U+3065, づ HIRAGANA LETTER DU Composition: つ [U+3064] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← つ [U+3064] Hiragana て → [U+3066]

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology 1

The hiragana character つ (tsu) with a dakuten (゛).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨᵝ], [zɨᵝ]

Syllable

づ • (zu) 

1. The hiragana syllable づ (zu). Its equivalent in katakana is ヅ (zu).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
• どぅ (du)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of づ – see the following entry.

【徒ず】4 [noun] (historical) one of the punishments in the ancient Ritsuryō system; penal servitude

(This term, づ (du), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as づ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as づ.