Hiragana & Katakana · Hiragana: ga, za, da

ぢ

ji (rare; usually じ)

Stroke order of hiragana ぢ

ぢ is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

The two dots make the cheerleader ち buzz into JI (rarely used).

Origin: ち + ゛ (dakuten: voiced)

Example word

はなぢ

nosebleed

More words: Hiragana: ga, za, da

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

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