す

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 Noun 2.4 Verb 2.4.1 Conjugation 2.4.2 Derived terms 2.5 Suffix 2.5.1 Related terms

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
す Unicode: U+3059Katakana: スHepburn romanization: suNihon-shiki romanization: suPolivanov cyrillization: суJapanese braille: ⠹

[edit] Syllable

す

1. The hiragana syllable at さ行う段 (row SA, section U) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hiragana character

す (romaji su)

1. The /su/ syllable.
2. The thirteenth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is し and the next character is せ. The equivalent katakana character is ス.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with す (su) see: Special:Allpages/す

[edit] Derived terms

• ず (zu)

[edit] Noun

す (romaji su)

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

[edit] Verb

す (irregular conjugation, kyūjitai 爲, kanji 為, hiragana す, romaji su)

1. to do

[edit] Conjugation

S-irregular:

	Irrealis	Adverbial	Conclusive	Attributive	Realis	Imperative
s- "to do"	s-e	sh-i	s-u	s-uru	s-ure	s-e[yo]

[edit] Derived terms

• する (suru)

[edit] Suffix

す

1. representing birds.

[edit] Related terms

• うぐいす
• からす
• ほととぎす