つ — hiragana “tsu”

つ is the hiragana character for the sound “tsu”. It is written with 1 stroke, and in katakana the same sound is ツ.

つ

How to write つ

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.

The t row bends here: it reads tsu, not tu, with the ts of “cats”.

Last updated 1 November 2026