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ダ — katakana “da”

ダ is the katakana character for the sound “da”. It is written with 5 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is だ.

ダ
Stroke order of ダ (da)
Reading
da
Script
katakana
Strokes
5
Row
the ダ row
Hiragana
だ

How to write ダ

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 ダ sounds

ダ is タ with dakuten (゛): ta becomes da.

Words with ダ

WordReadingMeaning
ダンスdansudance
ダイエットdaiettodiet
ダイヤdaiyadiamond; train timetable
ダースdaasudozen
ダンサーdansaadancer
ダムdamudam

The whole row

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