と, in hiragana, or ト in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent the sound [to], and when written with dakuten represent the sound [do]. In the Ainu language, the katakana ト can be written with a handakuten (which can be entered in a computer as either one character (ト゚) or two combined characters (ト゜) to represent the sound [tu], and is interchangeable with the katakana ツ゚.

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to
hiragana katakana
transliteration	to
translit. with dakuten	do
hiragana origin	止
katakana origin	止
Man'yōgana	刀 土 斗 度 戸 利 速 止 等 登 澄 得 騰 十 鳥 常 跡
Voiced Man'yōgana	土 度 渡 奴 怒 特 藤 騰 等 耐 抒 杼
spelling kana	東京のト (Tōkyō no "to")
unicode	U+3068, U+30C8
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Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented syllables with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation

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The Katakana ト is made from two strokes:

1. A vertical stroke on in the center;
2. A line pointing downwards towards the right.

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More information と / ト in Japanese Braille ...

と / ト in Japanese Braille
と / ト to	ど / ド do	とう / トー tō/tou	どう / ドー dō/dou	Other kana based on Braille と
				ちょ / チョ cho	ぢょ / ヂョ jo/dyo	ちょう / チョー chō	ぢょう / ヂョー jō/dyō

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