ソ (so), katakana basic
ソ
so
サ row · o column
katakanabasic2 strokes
Stroke order
hiragana counterpart
Variants
Similar characters
Words with ソ
ソファsofa
ソースsauce
How to remember it
ソA short stroke sits near the top, and the long stroke comes down toward the lower left. Compare ン, whose long stroke sweeps upward.
Where it comes from
曽ソ
ソ comes from the upper part of 曽. Its long stroke descends, unlike the rising stroke of ン.