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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
Stroke order of ヂ (ji)
Reading
ji
Script
katakana
Strokes
5
Row
the ダ row
Hiragana
ぢ

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.

The whole row

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