"ソ" redirects here. It is not to be confused with N (kana) ("ン").
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transliteration | so | |||
translit. with dakuten | zo | |||
hiragana origin | 曽 | |||
katakana origin | 曽 | |||
spelling kana | そろばんのソ (Soroban no "so") |
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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 way most native Japanese people write it with their hands. The native way is shown here as the alternative form.
Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō) |
so | そ | ソ |
sou soo sō, soh |
そう, そぅ そお, そぉ そー |
ソウ, ソゥ ソオ, ソォ ソー |
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Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō) |
zo | ぞ | ゾ |
zou zoo zō, zoh |
ぞう, ぞぅ ぞお, ぞぉ ぞー |
ゾウ, ゾゥ ゾオ, ゾォ ゾー |
Stroke order
Alternative form
Other representations
Character | そ | ソ | ソ | ぞ | ゾ | |||||
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Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SO | KATAKANA LETTER SO | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SO | HIRAGANA LETTER ZO | KATAKANA LETTER ZO | |||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | 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 | そ | そ | ソ | ソ | ソ | ソ | ぞ | ぞ | ゾ | ゾ |
Shift JIS | 130 187 | 82 BB | 131 92 | 83 5C | 191 | BF | 130 188 | 82 BC | 131 93 | 83 5D |
- Braille
そ / ソ in Japanese Braille | |||||||
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そ / ソ so |
ぞ / ゾ zo |
そう / ソー sō |
ぞう / ゾー zō |
Other kana based on Braille そ | |||
しょ / ショ sho |
じょ / ジョ jo |
しょう / ショー shō |
じょう / ジョー jō |
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