Su (kana)

su
Hiragana
japanese hiragana su
Katakana
japanese katakana su
Transliterationsu
Translit. with dakutenzu
Hiragana origin寸
Katakana origin須
Man'yōgana寸 須 周 酒 州 洲 珠 数 酢 栖 渚
Voiced man'yōgana受 授 殊 儒
Spelling kanaすずめのス
(Suzume no "su")

す, in hiragana or ス in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Their shapes come from the kanji 寸 and 須, respectively. Both kana represent the sound [sɯ]. In the Ainu language, the katakana ス can be written as small ㇲ to represent a final s and is used to emphasize the pronunciation of [s] rather than the normal [ɕ] (represented in Ainu as ㇱ).[1]

Forms Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal s-
(さ行 sa-gyō)
su す ス
suu, swu
sū
すう, すぅ
すー
スウ, スゥ
スー
Addition dakuten z-
(ざ行 za-gyō)
zu ず ズ
zuu, zwu
zū
ずう, ずぅ
ずー
ズウ, ズゥ
ズー
Other additional forms
Form A (sw-/sy-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
swa すぁ, すゎ スァ, スヮ
swi, si, syi すぃ スィ *
(swu) すぅ スゥ
swe すぇ スェ
swo すぉ スォ
sya すゃ スャ
syu すゅ スュ
sye すぃぇ スィェ
syo すょ スョ
Form B (zw-/zy-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
zwa ずぁ, ずゎ ズァ, ズヮ
zwi, zi, zyi ずぃ ズィ *
(zwu) ずぅ ズゥ
zwe ずぇ ズェ
zwo ずぉ ズォ
zya ずゃ ズャ
zyu ずゅ ズュ
zye ずぃぇ ズィェ
zyo ずょ ズョ

* スィ and ズィ are also used to present si and zi pronunciations respectively. For example, 'C' is presented as スィー /siː/. See also Hepburn romanization.

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing す
Stroke order in writing す
Stroke order in writing ス
Stroke order in writing ス
Stroke order in writing す
Stroke order in writing ス

Other communicative representations

Japanese radiotelephony alphabet Wabun code
すずめのス
Suzume no "Su"
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Japanese Navy Signal Flag Japanese semaphore Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) Braille dots-1456
Japanese Braille
  • Full Braille representation
す / ス in Japanese Braille
す / ス
su
ず / ズ
zu
すう / スー
sū
ずう / ズー
zū
Other kana based on Braille す
しゅ / シュ
shu
じゅ / ジュ
ju
しゅう / シュー
shū
じゅう / ジュー
jū
⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
Character information
Preview す ス ス ㋜
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER SU KATAKANA LETTER SU HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SU CIRCLED KATAKANA SU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12377 U+3059 12473 U+30B9 65405 U+FF7D 13020 U+32DC
UTF-8 227 129 153 E3 81 99 227 130 185 E3 82 B9 239 189 189 EF BD BD 227 139 156 E3 8B 9C
Numeric character reference す す ス ス ス ス ㋜ ㋜
Shift JIS[2] 130 183 82 B7 131 88 83 58 189 BD
EUC-JP[3] 164 185 A4 B9 165 185 A5 B9 142 189 8E BD
GB 18030[4] 164 185 A4 B9 165 185 A5 B9 132 49 152 53 84 31 98 35
EUC-KR[5] / UHC[6] 170 185 AA B9 171 185 AB B9
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[7] 198 189 C6 BD 199 81 C7 51
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[8] 199 64 C7 40 199 181 C7 B5
Character information
Preview ㇲ ず ズ
Unicode name KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SU HIRAGANA LETTER ZU KATAKANA LETTER ZU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12786 U+31F2 12378 U+305A 12474 U+30BA
UTF-8 227 135 178 E3 87 B2 227 129 154 E3 81 9A 227 130 186 E3 82 BA
Numeric character reference ㇲ ㇲ ず ず ズ ズ
Shift JIS (plain)[2] 130 184 82 B8 131 89 83 59
Shift JIS-2004[9] 131 238 83 EE 130 184 82 B8 131 89 83 59
EUC-JP (plain)[3] 164 186 A4 BA 165 186 A5 BA
EUC-JIS-2004[10] 166 240 A6 F0 164 186 A4 BA 165 186 A5 BA
GB 18030[4] 129 57 188 54 81 39 BC 36 164 186 A4 BA 165 186 A5 BA
EUC-KR[5] / UHC[6] 170 186 AA BA 171 186 AB BA
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[7] 198 190 C6 BE 199 82 C7 52
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[8] 199 65 C7 41 199 182 C7 B6

References

  1. ^ Refsing, Kirsten (1996). Early European Writings on the Ainu Language. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7007-0400-0.
  2. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-03-08]. "Shift-JIS to Unicode".
  3. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  4. ^ a b Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  5. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  6. ^ a b Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  7. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
  8. ^ a b van Kesteren, Anne. "big5". Encoding Standard. WHATWG.
  9. ^ Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "Shift_JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 1) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "EUC-JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 3) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)