sokuon

The is a Japanese symbol in the form of a small hiragana or katakana , as well as the various consonants represented by it. In less formal language, it is called or , meaning "small ". It serves multiple purposes in Japanese writing.

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Commons category: Sokuon
native label: つまる音

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Appearance
Use in Japanese
Etymology
Use in other languages
Computer input
Other representations
See also
References
External links

== Appearance == In both hiragana and katakana, the appears as a reduced in size: {| class="wikitable" align="center" ! !Full-sized !Sokuon |- !Hiragana | align="center" | | align="center" | |- !Katakana | align="center" | | align="center" | |}