Katakana word

セseッkクkuスsu “sex” in Japanese

sekkusu

Character by character

  1. セse
  2. ッsmall tsu: doubles the next consonant
  3. クku
  4. スsu

セックス is made of 3 katakana sounds and 1 small ッ. It reads sekkusu.

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