U+3055 "さ" Hiragana Letter Sa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
さ
U+3055 "さ" Hiragana Letter Sa is a fundamental syllable in the Japanese writing system, representing the sound "sa" as part of the cursive hiragana script used primarily for native Japanese words and grammatical elements. Its form derives from the simplified shape of the Kanji character "左" (meaning "left"), and it belongs to the set of 46 basic hiragana characters. In modern usage, "さ" appears frequently in common words such as "sakura" (cherry blossom) and grammatical particles, making it an essential building block for reading and writing Japanese text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3055 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hiragana Letter Sa |
| Block | Hiragana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | さ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | さ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x81 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3055 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003055 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3055 |