Katakana
ツ The katakana “tsu”
At a glance
- Reading
- tsu
- Hiragana twin
- つtsu
- Same row
- タtaチchiツtsuテteトto
- Easily confused with
- シshi
The two short strokes of ツ sit on top and point down; the long stroke sweeps down from the top right. Written small (ッ), it doubles the next consonant: キット = kitto.
10 words with ツ
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