So (kana)

, in hiragana, or , 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
sou
soo
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
zou
zoo
ぞう, ぞぅ
ぞお, ぞぉ
ぞー
ゾウ, ゾゥ
ゾオ, ゾォ
ゾー
so
hiragana
japanese hiragana so
katakana
japanese katakana so
transliterationso
translit. with dakutenzo
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana宗 祖 素 蘇 十 所 則 曾 僧 増 憎 衣 背 苑
Voiced Man'yōgana俗 序 叙 賊 存 茹 鋤
spelling kanaそろばんのソ
(Soroban no "so")
Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented syllables with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation

Stroke order

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

Alternative form

Alternate Hiragana shape

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
そ / ソ in Japanese Braille
そ / ソ
so
ぞ / ゾ
zo
そう / ソー
ぞう / ゾー
Other kana based on Braille
しょ / ショ
sho
じょ / ジョ
jo
しょう / ショー
shō
じょう / ジョー
⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
Character information
Previewソ
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER SO KATAKANA LETTER SO HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO HIRAGANA LETTER ZO KATAKANA LETTER ZO
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12381U+305D12477U+30BD65407U+FF7F12382U+305E12478U+30BE
UTF-8227 129 157E3 81 9D227 130 189E3 82 BD239 189 191EF BD BF227 129 158E3 81 9E227 130 190E3 82 BE
Numeric character referenceそそソソソソぞぞゾゾ
Shift JIS[1]130 18782 BB131 9283 5C191BF130 18882 BC131 9383 5D
EUC-JP[2]164 189A4 BD165 189A5 BD142 1918E BF164 190A4 BE165 190A5 BE
GB 18030[3]164 189A4 BD165 189A5 BD132 49 152 5584 31 98 37164 190A4 BE165 190A5 BE
EUC-KR[4] / UHC[5]170 189AA BD171 189AB BD170 190AA BE171 190AB BE
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[6]198 193C6 C1199 85C7 55198 194C6 C2199 86C7 56
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[7]199 68C7 44199 185C7 B9199 69C7 45199 186C7 BA
Character information
Preview
Unicode name CIRCLED KATAKANA SO
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode13022U+32DE
UTF-8227 139 158E3 8B 9E
Numeric character reference㋞㋞

References

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