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Sokuon

The sokuon (促音) is a Japanese symbol in the form of a small hiragana or katakana tsu, as well as the various consonants represented by it. In less formal language, it is called chiisai tsu (小さいつ) or chiisana tsu (小さなつ), meaning "small tsu".

Applications, Etymology & Use in Japanese

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Use in Japanese

Etymology

Use in other languages

Computer input

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Sokuon

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples25
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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Sokuon

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related to Etymology · 11
Sokuon → Another, Chinese, Edo, Major Japanese, Masatake, Middle Chinese, Shinago, The Meiji-era, These, This, World War II
related to Use in other languages · 5
Sokuon → Ainu, As, In, Japanese, Okinawan
related to Computer input · 4
Sokuon → Kotoeri, Microsoft IME, Some, There
related to Use in Japanese · 4
Sokuon → Examples, Hepburn, It, The
related to Appearance · 1
Sokuon → In

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Important terminology

japanese consonant tsu used consonants represented small katakana plosive also hiragana syllable chinese form writing gemination vowel labial lingual guttural

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sokuonrelated to AppearanceIn0.60section
Sokuonrelated to Computer inputThere0.60section
Sokuonrelated to Computer inputSome0.60section
Sokuonrelated to Computer inputKotoeri0.60section
Sokuonrelated to Computer inputMicrosoft IME0.60section
Sokuonrelated to EtymologyMajor Japanese0.60section
Sokuonrelated to EtymologyThis0.60section
Sokuonrelated to EtymologyMiddle Chinese0.60section
Sokuonrelated to EtymologyChinese0.60section
Sokuonrelated to EtymologyThe Meiji-era0.60section
Sokuonrelated to EtymologyMasatake0.60section
Sokuonrelated to EtymologyShinago0.60section

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