Katakana T-Column

タ (ta) : Person holding a Tablet
ダ (da)

チ (chi) : Chicken/ Cheerleader
ヂ (ji)

ヂ is rarely used in Japanese

ツ (tsu) : Tuna Fish
ヅ (zu)

We can remember the stroke order for Katakana “shi” and “tsu” using the Hiragana counterpart

The “chisaii tsu” is present in Katakana as well and serves a similar purpose as the Hiragana version

テ (te) : Telephone Pole
デ (de)

ト (to) : Totem Pole sideview
ド (do)

チェ (che)

チェ is used to words like チェア (chair) and アーチェリー (archery)

ティ (ti)
ディ (di)

トゥ (tu)
ドゥ (du)

INFO

The above digraphs where created as Japanese does not have the “ti” and “tu” sound

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