So (kana)

そ, in hiragana, or ソ, in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent . The version of this character used by computer fonts does not match the handwritten form that most native Japanese writers use. The native way is shown here as the alternative form.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō)	so	そ	ソ
	sou soo sō	そう, そぅ そお, そぉ そー	ソウ, ソゥ ソオ, ソォ ソー
Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō)	zo	ぞ	ゾ
	zou zoo zō	ぞう, ぞぅ ぞお, ぞぉ ぞー	ゾウ, ゾゥ ゾオ, ゾォ ゾー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing そ Stroke order in writing そ

Stroke order in writing ソ Stroke order in writing ソ

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Stroke order in writing そ

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Stroke order in writing ソ

Alternative form

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Alternate Hiragana shape

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

そ / ソ in Japanese Braille
そ / ソ so	ぞ / ゾ zo	そう / ソー sō	ぞう / ゾー zō	Other kana based on Braille そ
				しょ / ショ sho	じょ / ジョ jo	しょう / ショー shō	じょう / ジョー jō
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• Computer encodings

References

• The Compact Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson, John H Haig) Tuttle Publishing 1999