# ヅ — katakana “zu”

ヅ is the katakana character for the sound “zu”. It is written with 5 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is づ.

- Reading: zu
- Strokes: 5
- Hiragana: づ

## How ヅ sounds

ヅ is ツ with dakuten (゛): tsu becomes zu.
Sounds the same as ず. It is rare: it appears when つ is voiced, as in みかづき (mikazuki, a crescent moon), or after another つ, as in つづく (tsuzuku, to continue).
Almost never used: words spell this sound with ズ.

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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/du/. Last updated 2026-11-01.