Katakana word

フェfeイiスsuブbuッkクku “Facebook” in Japanese

feisubukku

Character by character

  1. フェfe
  2. イi
  3. スsu
  4. ブbu
  5. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  6. クku

フェイスブック is made of 5 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads feisubukku.

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