Sa (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	sa
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	左
Katakana Man'yōgana:	散
Unicode:
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

さ, in hiragana, or サ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) /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 Romaji. The pronunciation is also changed, to /zɑ/.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
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

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