Hiragana & Katakana · Hiragana: ga, za, da

ぞ

zo

Stroke order of hiragana ぞ

ぞ is written with 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

The two dots make the zigzag そ buzz into ZO, a zombie stitch.

Origin: そ + ゛ (dakuten: voiced)

Example word

ぞう

elephant

More words: Hiragana: ga, za, da

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

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