Hiragana & Katakana · Katakana: ga, za, da

ダ

だ

da

Stroke order of katakana ダ

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

Memory trick

タ plus voicing marks: the Tadpole starts to Dance, "da".

Origin: タ + ゛ (dakuten: voiced)

Example word

ダンス

だんす

dance

More words: Katakana: ga, za, da

ガga ギgi グgu ゲge ゴgo ザza ジji ズzu ゼze ゾzo ヂji (rare; usually じ)ヅzu (rare; usually ず)デde ドdo

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