Sa (kana)

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sa
hiragana katakana
transliteration	sa
translit. with dakuten	za
hiragana origin	左
katakana origin	散
Man'yōgana	左 佐 沙 作 者 柴 紗 草 散
Voiced Man'yōgana	社 射 謝 耶 奢 装 蔵
spelling kana	桜のサ (Sakura no "sa")

Sa (hiragana: さ, katakana: サ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [sa]. The shapes of these kana originate from 左 and 散, respectively.

Like き, the hiragana character may be written with or without linking the lower line to the rest of the character.

The character may be combined with a dakuten, changing it into ざ in hiragana, ザ in katakana, and za in Hepburn romanization. The pronunciation is also changed, to [za].