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と and ト

Pronunciation

"TO" sound in "Toe" but shorter.

と Memorization Story

The hiragana と looks like a TOE with a splinter sticking out the top.

ト Memorization Story

When you pull it out, after some extreme pain, you find that the splinter looks a LOT like the KATAKANA ト, thus why it was so hard to pull out.

Writing

 
 

Making the first line in the hiragana と nearly vertical will help make it look nice. 

 

Font Examples

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Typing

Hiragana と
Type the letters “to”.

Katakana ト
Type "to" and press the F7 key, or press spacebar until the katakana appears. 

Word(s)

テスト

test

ええと

ummm...

You may be wondering why ええと is written with 2 え's instead of えいと. Well, you can extend a single え sound with an extra え in some cases as well. Especially when the word is only written in hiragana.

 

Historical Form

Hiragana
止→と

HISTORICAL VERSION

 

Interestingly, this kanji means stop, but when this kanji appears as a part in OTHER kanji it means FOOTPRINT. Which connects nicely to our English word “toe”.  

Katakana
止→ト

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