Su (kana)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The hiragana す.

The katakana ス.

The hiragana ず.

The katakana ズ.

	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

す, in hiragana, or ス in katakana (IPA [sɯ]), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The shapes of these kana come from 寸 and 須, respectively.

Also note that, as in the other -u kana, the 'u' sound is very subtle; unless well-articulated, this kana sounds fairly close to 's' alone.

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō)	su	す	ス
	suu sū	すう, すぅ すー	スウ, スゥ スー
Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō)	zu	ず	ズ
	zuu zū	ずう, ずぅ ずー	ズウ, ズゥ ズー

Other addtional forms
Form A (sw-) swa すぁ スァ swi すぃ スィ (swu) (すぅ) (スゥ) swe すぇ スェ swo すぉ スォ	Form B (zw-) zwa ずぁ ズァ zwi ずぃ ズィ (zwu) (ずぅ) (ズゥ) zwe ずぇ ズェ zwo ずぉ ズォ

[edit] Strokes