So (kana)

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so
hiragana
japanese hiragana so
katakana
japanese katakana so
transliteration[so]
hiragana origin
katakana origin

, in hiragana, or in katakana (IPA [so]), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal s-
(さ行 sa-gyō)
so
sou
soo
, soh
そう, そぅ
そお, そぉ
そー
ソウ, ソゥ
ソオ, ソォ
ソー
Addition dakuten z-
(ざ行 za-gyō)
zo
zou
zoo
, zoh
ぞう, ぞぅ
ぞお, ぞぉ
ぞー
ゾウ, ゾゥ
ゾオ, ゾォ
ゾー

Strokes

Stroke order in writing そ
Stroke order in writing ソ