Su (kana) should not be confused with ㅈ.
| Hiragana Image: | Japanese Hiragana kyokashotai SU.svg |
| Katakana Image: | Japanese Katakana kyokashotai SU.svg |
| Transliteration: | su |
| Transliteration Dakuten: | zu |
| Hiragana Manyogana: | 寸 |
| Katakana Manyogana: | 須 |
| Other Manyogana: | 寸 須 周 酒 州 洲 珠 数 酢 栖 渚 |
| Dakuten Manyogana: | 受 授 殊 儒 |
| Spelling: | すずめのス (Suzume no "su") |
す, in hiragana or ス in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Their shapes come from the kanji 寸 and 須, respectively. Both kana represent the sound pronounced as /[sɯ]/. In the Ainu language, the katakana ス can be written as small ㇲ to represent a final s and is used to emphasize the pronunciation of [s] rather than the normal [ɕ] (represented in Ainu as ㇱ).[1]
| Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō) | su | す | ス |
| suu, swu sū | すう, すぅ すー | スウ, スゥ スー | |
| Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō) | zu | ず | ズ |
| zuu, zwu zū | ずう, ずぅ ずー | ズウ, ズゥ ズー |
* スィ and ズィ are also used to present si and zi pronunciations respectively. For example, 'C' is presented as スィー pronounced as //siː//. See also Hepburn romanization.
| す / ス in Japanese Braille | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| す / ス su | ず / ズ zu | すう / スー sū | ずう / ズー zū | Other kana based on Braille す | ||||
| しゅ / シュ shu | じゅ / ジュ ju | しゅう / シュー shū | じゅう / ジュー jū | |||||