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サ (sa), katakana basic

sa

サ row · a column

katakanabasic3 strokes

Stroke order

hiragana counterpart

Variants

Words with サ

salad
soccer

How to remember it

A long crossbar joins two upright strokes. Imagine a simple fence beside a sandy path: sa.

Where it comes from

サ is traditionally traced to part of 散. It has a different source from hiragana さ, which comes from 左.