So (kana)

"ソ" redirects here. Not to be confused with N (kana) ("ン").

so
hiragana japanese hiragana so katakana
transliteration	so
hiragana origin	曽
katakana origin	曽

そ, in hiragana, or ソ, in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent [so].

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō)	so	そ	ソ
	sou soo sō, 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	ぞ	ゾ
	zou zoo zō, zoh	ぞう, ぞぅ ぞお, ぞぉ ぞー	ゾウ, ゾゥ ゾオ, ゾォ ゾー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing そ

Stroke order in writing ソ

Alternative form

Alternate Hiragana shape