# 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.

- Reading: da
- Strokes: 5
- Hiragana: だ

## How ダ sounds

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

## Words with ダ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ダンス | dansu | dance |
| ダイエット | daietto | diet |
| ダイヤ | daiya | diamond; train timetable |
| ダース | daasu | dozen |
| ダンサー | dansaa | dancer |
| ダム | damu | dam |

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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/katakana-chart/da/. Last updated 2026-11-01.