Hiragana & Katakana · Hiragana: ga, za, da

ぜ

ze

Stroke order of hiragana ぜ

ぜ is written with 5 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

The two dots make せ buzz into ZE, like a zebra.

Origin: せ + ゛ (dakuten: voiced)

Example word

ぜんぶ

all, everything

More words: Hiragana: ga, za, da

がga ぎgi ぐgu げge ごgo ざza じji ずzu ぞzo だda ぢji (rare; usually じ)づzu (rare; usually ず)でde どdo

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