ず, づ are pronounced either [dzu] or [zu]. じ, ぢ are pronounced either [dʑi] or [ʑi]. (the first sounding like the English J and the second like the French J, but both are with the middle of the tongue raised to the hard palate, producing what seems like a softer pronunciation).

May 29, 2012 · Both ず and づ are pronounced interchangeably as zu and dzu with the former being more frequent and the latter popping up more often in certain positions. ぢ and じ are pretty much always pronounced as ji and sometimes as zhi (I'm deliberately not using the IPA here).

Nov 29, 2020 · Two groups of exceptions are じ/ぢ (ji/ji) and ず/づ. (zu/dzu) When romanizing じ/ぢ, "ji" is used for both (pro tip: if you need to type ぢ on keyboard, though, you can type "di"). So what gives?

Oct 28, 2019 · じ and ぢ are now mainly used in a similar manner that represents the sound dʑi/ ʑi. If you’re still confused on how its pronounced, it sounds like the French J where it produces a softer sound where your teeth are technically closed …

Nov 11, 2017 · You're right, nowadays they are both voiced as ji - however as others have said, historically it's likely that they had slightly different pronunciations. This is the same as ず and づ, which are both voiced as zu. You'll come across じ and ず waaaaaaay more often than you will ぢ …

Jan 9, 2016 · The sounds di and ji are pronounced the same nowadays, but they used to be different (I don't know when the distinction was lost in spoken Japanese, but in the writing system most, though not all, di were changed to ji in 1945).

Yotsugana (四つ仮名, literally "four kana") are a set of four specific kana, じ, ぢ, ず, づ (in the Nihon-shiki romanization system: zi, di, zu, du), used in the Japanese writing system. They historically represented four distinct voiced morae (syllables) in the Japanese language.

Note: You probably noticed in the chart above that there are 2 characters pronounced "zu" and 2 characters pronounced "ji". The characters づ (zu) and ぢ (ji) are very rarely used.

Nov 19, 2019 · In Japanese, yotsugana 四つ仮名 refers to ji じ, di ぢ, zu ず, and dzu づ. These "four kana 仮名," were originally pronounced distinctly, but in modern Japanese, in some regions of Japan, they're all pronounced the same way, they've become homonyms.

根据五十音的学习，大家都知道「じ」和「ぢ」，以及「ず」和「づ」发音是相同的。 但是为什么要用完全不同的假名来表示呢？ 学习日语的过程中又该如何区分呢？ 「じ」和「ぢ」，「ず」和「づ」被称为「四つ仮名 （よつがな）」，最初其实发音是不同的。 「ぢ」的发音是「di」（ディ）、「づ」的发音是「du」（デュ）。 直到17世纪，这两组假名的发音逐渐变得相同，而到现在则已经变得完全无法区分。 到底该用哪个假名？ 最基础的辨别方法就是，只需要考虑它不 …