# Sa (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 :
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 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 Hepburn romanization. The pronunciation is also changed, to [za].
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō) | sa | さ | サ |
| Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō) | saa sā | さあ, さぁ さー | サア, サァ サー |
| Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō) | za | ざ | ザ |
| Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō) | zaa zā | ざあ, ざぁ ざー | ザア, ザァ ザー |

## Stroke order

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

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 桜のサ Sakura no "Sa" | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese 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 sā | ざあ / ザー zā | Other kana based on Braille さ | Other kana based on Braille さ | Other kana based on Braille さ | Other kana based on Braille さ |
| さ / サ sa | ざ / ザ za | さあ / サー sā | ざあ / ザー zā | しゃ / シャ sha | じゃ / ジャ ja | しゃあ / シャー shā | じゃあ / ジャー jā |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | さ | さ | サ | サ | ｻ | ｻ | ざ | ざ | ザ | ザ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SA | HIRAGANA LETTER SA | KATAKANA LETTER SA | KATAKANA LETTER SA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SA | HIRAGANA LETTER ZA | HIRAGANA LETTER ZA | KATAKANA LETTER ZA | KATAKANA LETTER ZA |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12373 | U+3055 | 12469 | U+30B5 | 65403 | U+FF7B | 12374 | U+3056 | 12470 | U+30B6 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 149 | E3 81 95 | 227 130 181 | E3 82 B5 | 239 189 187 | EF BD BB | 227 129 150 | E3 81 96 | 227 130 182 | E3 82 B6 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12373; | &#x3055; | &#12469; | &#x30B5; | &#65403; | &#xFF7B; | &#12374; | &#x3056; | &#12470; | &#x30B6; |
| Shift JIS | 130 179 | 82 B3 | 131 84 | 83 54 | 187 | BB | 130 180 | 82 B4 | 131 85 | 83 55 |
| EUC-JP | 164 181 | A4 B5 | 165 181 | A5 B5 | 142 187 | 8E BB | 164 182 | A4 B6 | 165 182 | A5 B6 |
| GB 18030 | 164 181 | A4 B5 | 165 181 | A5 B5 | 132 49 152 51 | 84 31 98 33 | 164 182 | A4 B6 | 165 182 | A5 B6 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 181 | AA B5 | 171 181 | AB B5 | | | 170 182 | AA B6 | 171 182 | AB B6 |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 185 | C6 B9 | 199 77 | C7 4D | | | 198 186 | C6 BA | 199 78 | C7 4E |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 198 251 | C6 FB | 199 177 | C7 B1 | | | 198 252 | C6 FC | 199 178 | C7 B2 |
Character information :
| Preview | ㋚ | ㋚ | 🈂 | 🈂 |
| Unicode name | CIRCLED KATAKANA SA | CIRCLED KATAKANA SA | SQUARED KATAKANA SA | SQUARED KATAKANA SA |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 13018 | U+32DA | 127490 | U+1F202 |
| UTF-8 | 227 139 154 | E3 8B 9A | 240 159 136 130 | F0 9F 88 82 |
| UTF-16 | 13018 | 32DA | 55356 56834 | D83C DE02 |
| Numeric character reference | &#13018; | &#x32DA; | &#127490; | &#x1F202; |
| Shift JIS (au by KDDI) | | | 243 90 | F3 5A |
| Shift JIS (SoftBank 3G) | | | 247 200 | F7 C8 |
| 7-bit JIS (au by KDDI) | | | 121 59 | 79 3B |
| GB 18030 | 129 57 210 54 | 81 39 D2 36 | 148 57 150 52 | 94 39 96 34 |
| Emoji shortcode | | | :sa: | :sa: |