jo / ジョ
The last J combined kana — ジ plus a small ョ becomes “jo.” Opens jogging, joke, and job.
Pronunciation
The compound character ジョ represents the syllable 'jo'. It is ショ with the dakuten that voices 'sh' to 'j'. Common in loanwords for jogging, joke, job, joy, John.
ジョ is ジ (ji) plus a small ョ, read as one syllable, “jo.” It opens loanwords like ジョギング (jogging), ジョーク (joke), ジョブ (job), ジョイン (join), and the name ジョン (John).
How to write ジョ
Trace ジョ on the canvas at the top of the page. Animated arrows show each stroke's direction; trace along them and the stroke fills in. Each numbered step below explains what that stroke does.
Write ジ: that's シ plus a dakuten — two small ticks at the upper right.
Write a small ョ tucked into the lower right at about half height — a miniature ヨ (a top-and-right stroke, a middle bar, then a bottom bar).
Origin
Katakana ジョ combines ジ — シ (from the kanji 之) plus a dakuten — with a small ョ (reduced ヨ, from 與). Together they spell a single “jo” sound.
Common words starting with ジョ
Printable practice sheet
Print this worksheet to practice writing ジョ by hand — the top row shows the stroke order to trace, then fill the blank squares.
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