Nijikana

Hiragana じ (ji)

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

じ
AI voice

Memory trick

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

Also typed as zi on a Japanese keyboard.

Don't mix it up with

Words with じ

  • だいじょうぶdaijoubu · it's OK, I'm fine

Practise じ until it sticks

It's taught in hiragana lesson 10, "Dakuten: G & Z". Nijikana drills each character with mini-games and audio, and spaced repetition brings it back just before you forget it.

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