# So (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
| | | | n | | | | | | |
Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
そ, in hiragana, or ソ, in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent [so]. The version of this character used by computer fonts does not match the handwritten form that most native Japanese writers use. The native way is shown here as the alternative form.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō) | so | そ | ソ |
| Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō) | sou soo sō | そう, そぅ そお, そぉ そー | ソウ, ソゥ ソオ, ソォ ソー |
| Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō) | zo | ぞ | ゾ |
| Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō) | zou zoo zō | ぞう, ぞぅ ぞお, ぞぉ ぞー | ゾウ, ゾゥ ゾオ, ゾォ ゾー |

## Stroke order

| Stroke order in writing そ | Stroke order in writing ソ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| そろばんのソ Soroban no "So" | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-2456 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
そ / ソ in Japanese Braille :
| そ / ソ so | ぞ / ゾ zo | そう / ソー sō | ぞう / ゾー zō | Other kana based on Braille そ | Other kana based on Braille そ | Other kana based on Braille そ | Other kana based on Braille そ |
| そ / ソ so | ぞ / ゾ zo | そう / ソー sō | ぞう / ゾー zō | しょ / ショ sho | じょ / ジョ jo | しょう / ショー shō | じょう / ジョー jō |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | そ | そ | ソ | ソ | ｿ | ｿ | ぞ | ぞ | ゾ | ゾ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SO | HIRAGANA LETTER SO | KATAKANA LETTER SO | KATAKANA LETTER SO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO | HIRAGANA LETTER ZO | HIRAGANA LETTER ZO | KATAKANA LETTER ZO | KATAKANA LETTER ZO |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12381 | U+305D | 12477 | U+30BD | 65407 | U+FF7F | 12382 | U+305E | 12478 | U+30BE |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 157 | E3 81 9D | 227 130 189 | E3 82 BD | 239 189 191 | EF BD BF | 227 129 158 | E3 81 9E | 227 130 190 | E3 82 BE |
| Numeric character reference | &#12381; | &#x305D; | &#12477; | &#x30BD; | &#65407; | &#xFF7F; | &#12382; | &#x305E; | &#12478; | &#x30BE; |
| Shift JIS | 130 187 | 82 BB | 131 92 | 83 5C | 191 | BF | 130 188 | 82 BC | 131 93 | 83 5D |
| EUC-JP | 164 189 | A4 BD | 165 189 | A5 BD | 142 191 | 8E BF | 164 190 | A4 BE | 165 190 | A5 BE |
| GB 18030 | 164 189 | A4 BD | 165 189 | A5 BD | 132 49 152 55 | 84 31 98 37 | 164 190 | A4 BE | 165 190 | A5 BE |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 189 | AA BD | 171 189 | AB BD | | | 170 190 | AA BE | 171 190 | AB BE |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 193 | C6 C1 | 199 85 | C7 55 | | | 198 194 | C6 C2 | 199 86 | C7 56 |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 68 | C7 44 | 199 185 | C7 B9 | | | 199 69 | C7 45 | 199 186 | C7 BA |
Character information :
| Preview | ㋞ | ㋞ |
| Unicode name | CIRCLED KATAKANA SO | CIRCLED KATAKANA SO |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 13022 | U+32DE |
| UTF-8 | 227 139 158 | E3 8B 9E |
| Numeric character reference | &#13022; | &#x32DE; |