Sa (hiragana: さ, katakana: サ) 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 , 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].

FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō)sa
saa さあ, さぁ さーサア, サァ サー
Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō)za
zaa ざあ, ざぁ ざーザア, ザァ ザー

Stroke order

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

Other communicative representations

Japanese radiotelephony alphabetWabun code
桜のサ Sakura no "Sa"
Japanese Navy Signal FlagJapanese semaphoreJapanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling)Braille dots-156 Japanese Braille
  • Full Braille representation
さ / サ in Japanese Braille
さ / サ saざ / ザ zaさあ / サー ざあ / ザー Other kana based on Braille
しゃ / シャ shaじゃ / ジャ jaしゃあ / シャー shāじゃあ / ジャー
Character information
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Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER SAKATAKANA LETTER SAHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SAHIRAGANA LETTER ZAKATAKANA LETTER ZA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12373U+305512469U+30B565403U+FF7B12374U+305612470U+30B6
UTF-8227 129 149E3 81 95227 130 181E3 82 B5239 189 187EF BD BB227 129 150E3 81 96227 130 182E3 82 B6
Numeric character referenceささササササざざザザ
Shift JIS130 17982 B3131 8483 54187BB130 18082 B4131 8583 55
EUC-JP164 181A4 B5165 181A5 B5142 1878E BB164 182A4 B6165 182A5 B6
GB 18030164 181A4 B5165 181A5 B5132 49 152 5184 31 98 33164 182A4 B6165 182A5 B6
EUC-KR / UHC170 181AA B5171 181AB B5170 182AA B6171 182AB B6
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)198 185C6 B9199 77C7 4D198 186C6 BA199 78C7 4E
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)198 251C6 FB199 177C7 B1198 252C6 FC199 178C7 B2
Character information
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Unicode nameCIRCLED KATAKANA SASQUARED KATAKANA SA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode13018U+32DA127490U+1F202
UTF-8227 139 154E3 8B 9A240 159 136 130F0 9F 88 82
UTF-161301832DA55356 56834D83C DE02
Numeric character reference㋚㋚🈂🈂
Shift JIS (au by KDDI)243 90F3 5A
Shift JIS (SoftBank 3G)247 200F7 C8
7-bit JIS (au by KDDI)121 5979 3B
GB 18030129 57 210 5481 39 D2 36148 57 150 5294 39 96 34
Emoji shortcode:sa: