The sokuon (Japanese: 促音) is a Japanese symbol consisting of a small hiragana or katakana tsu. In less academic language it is called chiisai tsu "little tsu" (Japanese: 小さいつ). Compare to a full-sized tsu: Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Manyogana 万葉仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 For other meanings of Kana, see Kana (disambiguation). ... The gojÅ«on (五十音) is a Japanese ordering of kana. ... ã‚“, in hiragana, or ン in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... わ, in hiragana, or ワ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ら, in hiragana, or ラ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ã‚„, in hiragana, or ヤ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ま, in hiragana, or マ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... In Japanese, the kana Ha (written as は in hiragana and ハ in katakana) represents a phoneme of the language. ... な, in hiragana, or ナ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... た, in hiragana, or ã‚¿ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... さ, in hiragana, or サ in katakana, or sa in Romaji under Hepburn romanisation (IPA: ), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... か, in hiragana, or ã‚« in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... あ in hiragana or ã‚¢ in katakana (romanised a) is one of the Japanese kana that each respresent one mora. ... ゐ, in hiragana, or ヰ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ã‚Š, in hiragana, or リ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... み, in hiragana, or ミ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ひ, in hiragana, or ヒ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... に, in hiragana, or ニ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ち, in hiragana, or チ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... し, in hiragana, or ã‚· in katakana, or shi in Romaji under Hepburn romanisation (IPA: ), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... き, in hiragana, or ã‚­ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... い in hiragana or イ in katakana (romanised i) is one of the Japanese kana that each respresent one mora. ... Dakuten (濁点), colloquially ten-ten (dot dot), is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced. ... ã‚‹, in hiragana, or ル in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ゆ, in hiragana, or ユ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ã‚€, in hiragana, or ム in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ふ, in hiragana, or フ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ぬ, in hiragana, or ヌ in katakana (IPA ), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... つ, in hiragana, or ツ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... す, in hiragana, or ス in katakana (IPA ), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... く, in hiragana, or ク in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... In Japanese writing, the kana う (hiragana) and ウ (katakana) occupy the third place in the modern GojÅ«on (五十音) system of collating kana. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Category The chōon ) or bōsen ) mark is a Japanese symbol which is used to indicate a... ã‚‘, in hiragana, or ヱ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ã‚Œ, in hiragana, or レ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... め, in hiragana, or メ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... へ, in hiragana, or ヘ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ね, in hiragana, or ネ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... て, in hiragana, or テ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... せ, in hiragana, or ã‚» in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... け, in hiragana, or ケ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... In Japanese writing, the kana え (hiragana) and エ (katakana) (romanised e) occupy the fourth place, between う and お, in the modern GojÅ«on (五十音) system of collating kana. ... ã‚’, in hiragana, or ヲ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ろ, in hiragana, or ロ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... よ, in hiragana, or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ã‚‚, in hiragana, or モ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... ほ, in hiragana, or ホ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... の, in hiragana, or ノ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... と, in hiragana, or ト in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... そ, in hiragana, or ソ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... こ, in hiragana, or コ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ... In Japanese writing, the kana お (hiragana) and オ (katakana) occupy the fifth place, between え and か, in the modern GojÅ«on (五十音) system of collating kana. ... This page lists Japanese typographic symbols which are not included in kana or kanji. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Hiragana ) are a Japanese syllabary, one of the four Japanese writing systems, along with katakana, kanji and rōmaji (i. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The sokuon is used for various purposes. One is for showing a geminate consonant, which is represented in rōmaji by the "doubling" of the following consonant. In phonetics, gemination is when a spoken consonant is doubled, so that it is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than a single consonant. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Category Rōmaji (ローマ字 Roman characters, sometimes misunderstood as romanji in English), is a Japanese...

Examples:

• Pocky, a Japanese snack food, is written in kana as ポッキー, which is ポ po, ッ sokuon, キ ki, ー chōon, in romanized Japanese, pokkii, with the sokuon representing the doubling of the k consonant.
• Matte, the te form of the verb matsu, is written as 待って, which is 待 (kanji), っ sokuon, て te, with the sokuon representing the doubling of the t consonant.

The sokuon is also used at the end of a sentence, to indicate a glottal stop (a sharp or cut-off articulation), which may indicate angry or surprised speech. Pocky logo Pocky ) is a Japanese snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico Company of Japan. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Category The chōon ) or bōsen ) mark is a Japanese symbol which is used to indicate a... This page is a comprehensive list of Japanese verb and adjective conjugations. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyogana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji Kanji (Japanese: ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮名), katakana (片仮名), and the arabic numerals. ... The glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in many spoken languages. ...

In order to enter the sokuon using a computer or word-processor, there are several methods, such as xtu, ltu, ltsu, etc. Japanese input methods are the methods used to input Japanese characters on a computer. ...

In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the sokuon sound is marked either with a colon-like mark or a doubled consonant: The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ...

• kite (来て, come) - kʲite
• kitte (切手, postage stamp) - kʲitːe / kʲitte / kʲit̚te
• asari (あさり) - asaɾʲi
• assari (あっさり) - asːaɾʲi / assaɾʲi

See also

• Japanese phonology gives a detailed description of the sound system of Japanese.

This article deals with the phonology (i. ...

External links

• sci.lang.japan FAQ: sokuon