さ
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| Character | さ |
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SA |
| Codepoint | U+3055 |
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Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with shi (“id”).
Pronoun[edit]
さ (romaji sa)
- third person personal pronoun; they
- c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari
- 翁言ふやう、「御迎へに來む人をば、長き爪して、眼をつかみ潰さん。 さが髪をとりて、かなぐり落とさむ。さが尻をかき出でて、ここらの公人に見せて、恥を見せん」と腹立ちをる。
- c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari
See also[edit]
- し (shi)
Etymology 2[edit]
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 左 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: [sä]
Syllable[edit]
さ (Hepburn romanization sa)
- The hiragana syllable さ (sa), whose equivalent in katakana is サ (sa). It is the eleventh syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is さ行あ段 (SA-gyō, A-dan; “row SA, section A”).
Related terms[edit]
- For a list of words starting with さ (sa) see: Special:Allpages/さ
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (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
Etymology 3[edit]
Suffix[edit]
さ (romaji -sa)
Etymology 4[edit]
Kanji reading[edit]
さ (romaji sa)
References[edit]
- 1957 June 2, Atsuyoshi Sakakura; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0009-5:
