Nijikana

Hiragana で (de)

で is a voiced (dakuten) character, read “de”, written with 3 strokes.

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Memory trick

て plus two ticks (dakuten ゛), which make the sound voiced: "de".

Words with で

  • でぐちdeguchi · exit
  • でんしゃdensha · train

Practise で until it sticks

It's taught in hiragana lesson 11, "Dakuten: D & B". Nijikana drills each character with mini-games and audio, and spaced repetition brings it back just before you forget it.

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