Sa (kana)
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transliteration | sa | ||
translit. with dakuten | za | ||
hiragana origin | 左 | ||
katakana origin | 散 | ||
spelling kana | 桜のサ (Sakura no "sa") |
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さ, in hiragana, or サ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [sa]. The shapes of these kana originate from 左 and 散, respectively.
Like き, the hiragana character may be written with or without linking the lower line to the rest of the character.
The character may be combined with a dakuten, changing it into ざ in hiragana, ザ in katakana, and za in Hepburn romanization. The pronunciation is also changed, to [za].
Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō) |
sa | さ | サ |
saa sā, sah |
さあ, さぁ さー |
サア, サァ サー | |
Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō) |
za | ざ | ザ |
zaa zā, zah |
ざあ, ざぁ ざー |
ザア, ザァ ザー |
Stroke order
Other communicative representations
Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
桜のサ Sakura no "Sa" |
ⓘ |
Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-156 Japanese Braille |
- Full Braille representation
さ / サ in Japanese Braille | |||||||
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さ / サ sa |
ざ / ザ za |
さあ / サー sā |
ざあ / ザー zā |
Other kana based on Braille さ | |||
しゃ / シャ sha |
じゃ / ジャ ja |
しゃあ / シャー shā |
じゃあ / ジャー jā | ||||
Preview | さ | サ | サ | ざ | ザ | |||||
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Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SA | KATAKANA LETTER SA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SA | HIRAGANA LETTER ZA | KATAKANA LETTER ZA | |||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 12373 | U+3055 | 12469 | U+30B5 | 65403 | U+FF7B | 12374 | U+3056 | 12470 | U+30B6 |
UTF-8 | 227 129 149 | E3 81 95 | 227 130 181 | E3 82 B5 | 239 189 187 | EF BD BB | 227 129 150 | E3 81 96 | 227 130 182 | E3 82 B6 |
Numeric character reference | さ |
さ |
サ |
サ |
サ |
サ |
ざ |
ざ |
ザ |
ザ |
Shift JIS | 130 179 | 82 B3 | 131 84 | 83 54 | 187 | BB | 130 180 | 82 B4 | 131 85 | 83 55 |