す

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Character	す
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER SU
Codepoint	U+3059

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sɯᵝ]

Syllable

す (Hepburn romanization su)

1. The hiragana syllable す (su), whose equivalent in katakana is ス (su). It is the thirteenth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is さ行う段 (SA-gyō, U-dan; “row SA, section U”).

Related terms

• For a list of words starting with す (su) see: Special:Allpages/す

Derived terms

• ず (zu)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Noun

す (romaji su)

1. 巣: nest, hive, den
2. 酢: vinegar
3. 州: sandbank, sandbar

Verb

す (kyūjitai 爲, irregular conjugation, kanji 為, hiragana す, romaji su)

1. to do

Conjugation

S-irregular:

	Irrealis	Adverbial	Conclusive	Attributive	Realis	Imperative
s- "to do"	s-e	sh-i	s-u	s-uru	s-ure	s-e[yo]

Derived terms

• する (suru)

Suffix

す

1. representing birds.

Related terms

• うぐいす
• からす
• ほととぎす