しゃ

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠]

Etymology 1

Syllable

しゃ • (sha) 

  1. The hiragana syllable しゃ (sha). Its equivalent in katakana is シャ (sha).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しゃ – see the following entries.
【者】3
[suffix] someone of that type, someone who does that
【社】2
[suffix] short for 会社 (kaisha): company, co.
[suffix] (historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule, specifically) aboriginal settlement
【舎】5
[noun] inn; hut; house; mansion
[suffix] enclosure (at a zoo)
【車】1
[counter] used to count vehicles
[affix] vehicle
[affix] train car
【汝】J
[pronoun] (archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
【紗】J
[noun] a coarse gauze woven of raw silk
(This term, しゃ (sha), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しゃ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しゃ.)
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