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The sokuon (促音) is a Japanese symbol in the form of a small hiragana or katakana tsu, as well as the various consonants represented by it. In less formal language, it is called chiisai tsu (小さいつ) or chiisana tsu (小さなつ), meaning "small tsu".[1] It serves multiple purposes in Japanese writing.
- ^ Kawahara, Shigeto. "The phonetics of obstruent geminates, sokuon" (PDF). Rutgers University. S2CID 145942. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-23.