Sa (kana)

sa
hiragana katakana
transliteration	sa
translit. with dakuten	za
hiragana origin	左
katakana origin	散
spelling kana	桜のサ (Sakura no "sa")

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
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

Stroke order in writing さ

Stroke order in writing サ

Stroke order in writing さ

Stroke order in writing サ

Other representations

• Computer encodings

Character	さ		サ		ｻ		ざ		ザ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER SA		KATAKANA LETTER SA		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SA		HIRAGANA LETTER ZA		KATAKANA LETTER ZA
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	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

• Braille

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

• Japanese semaphore