Nijikana

Katakana (ji)

is a voiced (dakuten) character, read “ji, written with 5 strokes.

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Memory trick

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

Also typed as di or dzi on a Japanese keyboard.

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Practise until it sticks

It's taught in katakana 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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