Sa (kana)

Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox kana Sa (hiragana: さ, katakana: サ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent . 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 .

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō)	sa	さ	サ
	saa sā	さあ, さぁ さー	サア, サァ サー
Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō)	za	ざ	ザ
	zaa zā	ざあ, ざぁ ざー	ザア, ザァ ザー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing Stroke order in writing さ 2, 3

Stroke order in writing サ Stroke order in writing サ 3

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Stroke order in writing さ

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Stroke order in writing サ

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

さ / サ in Japanese Braille
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
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• Computer encodings