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U+30C3, ッ
KATAKANA LETTER SMALL TU

[U+30C2]
Katakana
[U+30C4]
U+FF6F, ッ
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL TU

[U+FF6E]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF70]

Japanese

Syllable

  1. A glottal stop or “choked sound”.
    アッ!
    A'!
    Ah!
  2. The sokuon: a small form of (tsu). In romanization, this is represented by doubling the following consonant. The equivalent in hiragana is .
    サッカー
    sakkā
    soccer

Usage notes

Unlike the hiragana system, used for Japanese language words that kanji does not cover, the katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of loan words (collectively gairaigo), as well as to represent onomatopoeias, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. It is also occasionally used colloquially in some words for emphasis. Names of Japanese companies, as well as certain Japanese language words, are also sometimes written in katakana rather than the other systems. Formerly, female given names were written in katakana. [edit]

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