# 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.

- Reading: ji
- Strokes: 4
- Katakana: ヂ

## 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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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/di/. Last updated 2026-11-01.