Tsu (kana)

tsu
hiragana
japanese hiragana tsu
katakana
japanese katakana tsu
transliterationtsu, tu
translit. with dakutenzu, dzu, du
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana都 豆 通 追 川 津
Voiced Man'yōgana豆 頭 弩
spelling kanaつるかめのツ
(Tsurukame no "tsu")
unicodeU+3064, U+30C4
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Tsu (hiragana: つ, katakana: ツ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are phonemically /tɯ/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki Romanization tu, although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [t͡sɯᵝ] , reflected in the Hepburn romanization tsu.

The small kana っ/ッ, known as sokuon, are identical but somewhat smaller. They are mainly used to indicate consonant gemination and commonly used at the end of lines of dialogue in fictional works as a symbol for a glottal stop.

The dakuten forms づ, ヅ, pronounced the same as the dakuten forms of the su kana in most dialects (see yotsugana), are uncommon. They are primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word (see rendaku), and they can never begin a word.

In the Ainu language, it can be written with a handakuten (which can be entered into a computer as either one character (ツ゚) or two combined characters (ツ゜) to represent the sound [tu͍], which is interchangeable with the katakana ト゚.

The katakana form has become popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a smiling face and as part of a "shrug" emoticon, known alternatively as Shruggie, rendered as:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .[1][2]

Forms Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal ts-
(た行 ta-gyō)
tsu
tsuu, tswu
tsū
つう, つぅ
つー
ツウ, ツゥ
ツー
Addition dakuten d/z-
(だ行 da-gyō)
zu
zuu, zwu
づう, づぅ
づー
ヅウ, ヅゥ
ヅー
Other additional forms
Form A (ts-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
tsa, tswa つぁ ツァ
tswa つゎ ツヮ
tsi, tswi, tsyi つぃ ツィ
(tswu) (つぅ) (ツゥ)
tse, tswe つぇ ツェ
tso, tswo つぉ ツォ
tsya つゃ ツャ
tsyu つゅ ツュ
tsye つぃぇ ツィェ
tsyo つょ ツョ
Form B (zw-/zy-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
zwa づぁ ヅァ
づゎ ヅヮ
zi, zwi, zyi づぃ ヅィ
(zwu) (づぅ) (ヅゥ)
zwe づぇ ヅェ
zwo づぉ ヅォ
zya づゃ ヅャ
zyu づゅ ヅュ
zye づぃぇ ヅィェ
zyo づょ ヅョ
  • ヅァ, ヅェ and ヅォ are used in gairaigos; these pronunciations are not same as ズァ (zwa), ズェ (zwe) and ズォ (zwo).
  1. ^ "🤷 Shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Emoji". emojipedia.org.
  2. ^ "The Best Way to Type ¯\_(ツ)_/¯". The Atlantic. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2019-06-17.

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