しゃ

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Japanese

Pronunciation

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.
3
someone of that type, someone who does that
2
Short for 会社 (kaisha): company, co.
(historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule, specifically) aboriginal settlement
5
inn; hut; house; mansion
enclosure (at a zoo)
1
used to count vehicles
vehicle
train car
J
(archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
(This term, しゃ, 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.)