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| transliteration | su | ||
| translit. with dakuten | zu | ||
| hiragana origin | 寸 | ||
| katakana origin | 須 | ||
| Man'yōgana | 寸 須 周 酒 州 洲 珠 数 酢 栖 渚 | ||
| Voiced Man'yōgana | 受 授 殊 儒 | ||
| spelling kana | すずめのス (Suzume no "su") | ||
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す, in hiragana or ス in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Their shapes come from the kanji 寸 and 須, respectively. Both kana represent the sound [sɯ]. In the Ainu language, the katakana ス can be written as small ㇲ to represent a final s and is used to emphasize the pronunciation of [s] rather than the normal [ɕ] (represented in Ainu as ㇱ).[1]
| Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal s- (さ行 sa-gyō) |
su | す | ス |
| suu, swu sū |
すう, すぅ すー |
スウ, スゥ スー | |
| Addition dakuten z- (ざ行 za-gyō) |
zu | ず | ズ |
| zuu, zwu zū |
ずう, ずぅ ずー |
ズウ, ズゥ ズー |
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* スィ and ズィ are also used to present si and zi pronunciations respectively. For example, 'C' is presented as スィー /siː/. See also Hepburn romanization.
