ju / ジュ
The middle J combined kana — ジ plus a small ュ becomes “ju.” Opens juice, jewelry, and junior.
Pronunciation
The compound character ジュ represents the syllable 'ju'. It is シュ with the dakuten that voices 'sh' to 'j'. Common in loanwords for juice, jewelry, junior, jurassic, schedule.
ジュ is ジ (ji) plus a small ュ, read as one syllable, “ju.” It opens loanwords like ジュース (juice), ジュエリー (jewelry), ジュニア (junior), and appears in スケジュール (schedule).
How to write ジュ
Trace ジュ 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 ュ tucked into the lower right at about half height — a miniature ユ (a top-and-right turn, then a base bar).
Origin
Katakana ジュ combines ジ — シ (from the kanji 之) plus a dakuten — with a small ュ (reduced ユ, from 由). Together they spell a single “ju” sound.
Common words starting with ジュ
Printable practice sheet
Print this worksheet to practice writing ジュ by hand — the top row shows the stroke order to trace, then fill the blank squares.
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