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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Syllable edit

しゃ (sha

  1. The hiragana syllable しゃ (sha). Its equivalent in katakana is シャ (sha).

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of しゃ – see the following entries.
3
[suffix] someone of that type, someone who does that
2
[suffix] Short for 会社 (kaisha): company, co.
[suffix] (historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule, specifically) aboriginal settlement
5
[noun] inn; hut; house; mansion
[suffix] enclosure (at a zoo)
1
[counter] used to count vehicles
[affix] vehicle
[affix] train car
J
[pronoun] (archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
(This term, しゃ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しゃ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しゃ.)