ヂ — katakana “ji”
ヂ is the katakana character for the sound “ji”. It is written with 5 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is ぢ.
ヂ
How to write ヂ
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 ヂ sounds
ヂ is チ 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).
Almost never used: words spell this sound with ジ.
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