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Hiragana & Katakana · Katakana: sa, ta

サ

さ

sa

Stroke order of katakana サ

サ is written with 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A Saddle-like shape with two posts: "sa" for saddle; looks like hiragana さ squared.

Origin: from the upper-left part of the kanji 散

Example word

サラダ

さらだ

salad

More words: Katakana: sa, ta

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