How Is つ/ツ origin 川?


Wikipedia's [Tsu (kana)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsu_%28kana%29) page
says

[![tsu](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lLfL2.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lLfL2.png)

> つ/ツ
>
> hiragana origin 川
>
> katakana origin 川

  * How Is つ/ツ origin 川?




That is because the cursive script of the kanji 「川」 kind of looks like 「つ」. It
should look even more like 「ツ」.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jn3d6.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jn3d6.jpg)  
(source: [netdna-ssl.com](https://bcpzone-tsttechnology.netdna-ssl.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/10/figure_3_4_hiragana_tsu-horz.jpg))

