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U+305D, そ
HIRAGANA LETTER SO

[U+305C]
Hiragana
[U+305E]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

• (so

  1. The hiragana syllable (so). Its equivalent in katakana is (so). It is the fifteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (sa-gyō o-dan, row sa, section o).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

• (so-na (adnominal (so na), adverbial (so ni))

  1. :
  2. :

Noun

• (so

  1. : ten
  2. : clothing
  3. : back
  4. : hemp
  5. : rocky beach
  6. :
  7. :
  8. : ancestor
  9. :
  10. :
  11. :
  12. :
  13. :
  14. :
  15. , :

Pronoun

• (so

  1. , :
See also
Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives
a-/wa-
“I, we”
(first person)
na-/-ma-
“you, ye, thou”
(second person)
k-
“this”
(close to speaker)
s-
“that”
(close to listener)
a-/ka-
“that over there”
(far from both)
i-/ta-/nani-
“who, what, where, how, when”
(interrogative)
ono-
“oneself”
(reflexive)
Person (a)
あれ (are)
(wa)
われ (ware)
まろ (maro)
(na)
なれ (nare)
なんぢ (nanji)
まし (mashi)
いまし (imashi)
みまし (mimashi)
きみ (kimi)
(ko)
これ (kore)
(so)
それ (sore)
(a)
あれ (are)
(ka)
かれ (kare)
(ta)
たれ (tare)
なにがし (nanigashi)
おの (ono)
おのれ (onore)
Thing (ko)
これ (kore)
(so)
それ (sore)
(a)
あれ (are)
(ka)
かれ (kare)
いづれ (izure)
なに (nani)
Location ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あしこ (ashiko)
かしこ (kashiko)
いづく (izuku)
いづこ (izuko)
いどこ (idoko)
どこ (doko)
Direction こち (kochi)
こなた (konata)
そち (sochi)
そなた (sonata)
あち (achi)
あなた (anata)
かなた (kanata)
いづち (izuchi)
いづら (izura)
いづかた (izukata)
Manner (ka)
かく (kaku)
かくて (kakute)
かう ()
(sa)
さて (sate)
しか (shika)
いか (ika)
Time いつ (itsu)

Proper noun

• (So

  1. :