す

See also: ず

す U+3059, す
HIRAGANA LETTER SU
← じ
[U+3058] 		Hiragana ず →
[U+305A]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝ]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

す (romaji su)

  1. The hiragana syllable す (su). Its equivalent in katakana is ス (su). It is the thirteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行う段 (sa-gyō u-dan, “row sa, section u”).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

す (rōmaji su)

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

Verb

す (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 爲, irregular conjugation, rōmaji su)

  1. 為: 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

Suffix

す (rōmaji -su)

  1. representing birds

Old Japanese

Verb

す (su)

  1. to do

Descendants

  • Japanese: す (su), する (suru)
  • Kagoshima dialect: すっ (suq)
  • Okinawan: すん (sun)
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