しゃ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠]

Etymology 1

Syllable

しゃ • (sha) 

1. The hiragana syllable しゃ (sha). Its equivalent in katakana is シャ (sha).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しゃ – see the following entries.

【者】3 [suffix] someone of that type, someone who does that

【社】2 [suffix] short for 会社 (kaisha): company, co. [suffix] (historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule, specifically) aboriginal settlement

【舎】5 [noun] inn; hut; house; mansion [suffix] enclosure (at a zoo)

【車】1 [counter] used to count vehicles [affix] vehicle [affix] train car

【汝】J [pronoun] (archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou

【紗】J [noun] a coarse gauze woven of raw silk

【沙】S [noun] one hundred millionth (1 in 100,000,000) Alternative spelling さ

(This term, しゃ (sha), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as しゃ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しゃ.