# だ — hiragana “da”

だ is the hiragana character for the sound “da”. It is written with 6 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ダ.

- Reading: da
- Strokes: 6
- Katakana: ダ

## How だ sounds

だ is た with dakuten (゛): ta becomes da.

## Words with だ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| だれ | dare | who |
| だす | dasu | to take out |
| だいがく | daigaku | university |
| だれか | dareka | someone |
| だめ | dame | no good |
| だれでも | daredemo | anyone |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/hiragana-chart/da/. Last updated 2026-11-01.