What is the difference between じ and ぢ and つ and づ and ず ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

Please clarify. Also, what is the legitimacy of this article

One is ji the other is zi?

Not hearing it.

Please provide examples with breakdowns 😍

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yotsugana?wprov=s...

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yixian112

25 Dec 2018

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Japanese

じ and ぢ are pronounced ji.
ず and づ are pronounced zu.
つ is pronounced tsu, unaspirated version of zu.
We don't tell them in each pair when we pronounce them, but when writing in hiragana we distinguish them by meaning.
For example, 地, which means ground, is written ち or じ in hiragana.
血, which means blood, is written ち or ぢ.
Distinction between じ and ぢ, and ず and づ is really complicated and even Japanese people sometimes make mistakes.

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yixian112

25 Dec 2018

Japanese

じ and ぢ are pronounced ji.
ず and づ are pronounced zu.
つ is pronounced tsu, unaspirated version of zu.
We don't tell them in each pair when we pronounce them, but when writing in hiragana we distinguish them by meaning.
For example, 地, which means ground, is written ち or じ in hiragana.
血, which means blood, is written ち or ぢ.
Distinction between じ and ぢ, and ず and づ is really complicated and even Japanese people sometimes make mistakes.

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graemepollard

25 Dec 2018

English (US)

Thanks so much 😍 so it is more of the meaning that matters. I guess this is a fragment of manyougana

That is so cool to know 😍

Thanks for taking the time to explain that in detail to me 😍

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