Moji Ninjaぢ — hiragana “ji”
ぢ is the hiragana character for the sound “ji”. It is written with 4 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ヂ.
ぢ
How to write ぢ
Follow the numbers on the diagram: each stroke starts at its number. Keep to this order, because that is how your hand remembers the shape.
How ぢ sounds
ぢ is ち with dakuten (゛): chi becomes ji.
Sounds the same as じ. It is rare: it appears when ち is voiced, as in はなぢ (hanaji, a nosebleed), or after another ち, as in ちぢむ (chijimu, to shrink).
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