Nijikana

Hiragana ちゅ (chu)

ちゅ is a combination (yōon) sound, read “chu, written with 4 strokes.

ちゅ
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Memory trick

Big ち + small ゅ blend into one beat: "chu".

Also typed as tyu or cyu on a Japanese keyboard.

Practise ちゅ until it sticks

It's taught in hiragana lesson 13, "Combos I". Nijikana drills each character with mini-games and audio, and spaced repetition brings it back just before you forget it.

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