To (kana) explained

Hiragana Image:Japanese_Hiragana_kyokashotai_TO.svg
Katakana Image:Japanese_Katakana_kyokashotai_TO.svg
Transliteration:to
Transliteration Dakuten:do
Hiragana Manyogana:
Katakana Manyogana:
Other Manyogana:刀 土 斗 度 戸 利 速 止 等 登 澄 得 騰 十 鳥 常 跡
Dakuten Manyogana:土 度 渡 奴 怒 特 藤 騰 等 耐 抒 杼
Spelling:東京のト
(Tōkyō no "to")
Morse:・・-・・
Unicode:U+3068, U+30C8
Flag1:2
Flag2:5
Footnote:These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation.

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent the sound pronounced as /[to]/, and when written with dakuten represent the sound pronounced as /[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 pronounced as /[tu]/, and is interchangeable with the katakana ツ゚.

FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal t-
(た行 ta-gyō)
to
tou
too
とう
とお, とぉ
とー
トウ
トオ, トォ
トー
Addition dakuten d-
(だ行 da-gyō)
do
dou
doo
どう
どお, どぉ
どー
ドウ
ドオ, ドォ
ドー

Stroke order

The Katakana ト is made from two strokes:

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

Other communicative representations

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