す

• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝ]
• Around Old-Early Middle Japanese the pronunciation was likely either /t͡su/, /ʃu/, or /t͡ʃu/. The modern pronunciation came about during the Muromachi period.

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 寸 in the cursive sōsho style.

す (romaji su)

1. The hiragana syllable す (su). Its equivalent in katakana is ス (su). It is the thirteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行う段 (sa-gyō u-dan, “row sa, section u”).

• ず (zu)

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

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From Old Japanese.

す (irregular conjugation, rōmaji su)

1. (archaic) to do

• する (suru, modern form)

Readings of various kanji.

す (rōmaji su)

1. 巣: nest, hive, den
2. 酢: vinegar
3. 州: sandbank, sandbar

す (su)

1. to do
2. to happen, occur
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 15, poem 3624)

     和礼乃未夜欲布祢波許具登於毛敞礼婆於伎敞能可多爾可治能於等須奈里

     ware no₂mi₂ ya yo₁pune pa ko₂gu to₂ omope₁reba oki₁pe₁ no₂ kata ni kadi no₂ oto₂ su nari

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3. to be in a state of something
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   • 711–712, Kojiki (20)

     佐韋賀波用久毛多知和多理宇泥備夜麻許能波佐夜芸奴加是布加牟登須

     Sawi-gapa yo₁ kumo₁ tatiwatari Unebi₂-yama ko₂no₂pa sayagi₁nu kaze pukamu to₂ su

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• Japanese: す (su) → する (suru)
  • Kagoshima dialect: すっ (suq)
• Okinawan: すん (sun)

Attaches to 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis or incomplete form”) of 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”) and サ行変格活用 (sa-gyō henkaku katsuyō, “s-irregular conjugation”) verbs.

す (-su)

1. indicates light respect and slight affection
   • 711–712, Kojiki (poem 2)

     ...佐加志賣遠阿理登岐加志弖久波志賣遠阿理登伎許志弖佐用婆比爾阿理多多斯用婆比阿理加用婆勢...

     ...sakasi me₁ wo ari to₂ ki₁kasite kupasi me₁ wo ari to₂ ki₁ko₂site sa-yo₁bapi₁ ni ari tatasi yo₁bapi₁ ni ari kayo₁pase

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   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 1, poem 1)

     ...此岳尓菜採須兒家吉閑名告紗根...

     ...ko₂no₂ woka ni na tumasu ko₁ ipe₁ ki₁kana no₂rasane...

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Possibly cognate with modern Korean 새 (sae, “bird”).

す (-su)

1. representing birds

• 鶯 (ugupi₁su)
• 烏 (karasu)
• ほととぎす (poto₂to₂gi₁su)
• もず (mo₁zu)