Katakana · D (dakuten) row · 5 strokes

ヅ — “du” in katakana

ヅ is the katakana character for the sound du (pronounced like “zu” in modern Japanese). It takes 5 strokes and belongs to the D (dakuten) row.

Stroke order · 5 strokes

How to remember ヅ

Same shape as its plain kana — add the dakuten (゛, two short strokes) in the top-right, which voices it: “zu”.

ヅ is the katakana counterpart of づ. Romanised “du”, pronounced like ズ (zu), and very rarely used today.

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