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づ

Hiragana · Dakuten and handakuten

づ zu

Sounds exactly like ず (zu). It mostly appears after another つ, as in つづく, or when つ gains a dakuten inside a compound word.

Example word

つづく

tsuzuku — to continue

In katakana

ヅ

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