Nijikana

Hiragana じゃ (ja)

じゃ is a combination (yōon) sound, read “ja, written with 6 strokes.

じゃ
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Memory trick

Big じ + small ゃ blend into one beat: "ja".

Also typed as zya or jya on a Japanese keyboard.

Practise じゃ until it sticks

It's taught in hiragana lesson 15, "Combos III". Nijikana drills each character with mini-games and audio, and spaced repetition brings it back just before you forget it.

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