Sa (kana)

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The hiragana さ.

The katakana サ.

The hiragana ざ.

The katakana ザ.

	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, or sa in Romaji under Hepburn romanisation (IPA: /sɑ/), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. 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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