# そ — hiragana “so”

そ is the hiragana character for the sound “so”. It is written with 1 stroke, and in katakana the same sound is ソ.

- Reading: so
- Strokes: 1
- Katakana: ソ

## Words with そ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| その | sono | that |
| それ | sore | that |
| そう | sou | so; that way |
| そこ | soko | there |
| そんな | sonna | such |
| そんなに | sonnani | so much |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/hiragana-chart/so/. Last updated 2026-11-01.