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ズ

Katakana · Dakuten and handakuten

ズ zu

Sounds like the “ds” in “cards”. This is the usual way to write “zu”; づ makes the same sound but is rare.

Example word

ズボン

zubon — trousers

In hiragana

ず

みず (mizu) — water

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