Ko (kana)

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Japanese Hiragana kyokashotai KO.png
Hiragana
Japanese Katakana KO.png
Katakana
Transliteration ko
with dakuten go
with handakuten (ngo)
Hiragana Man'yōgana:
Katakana Man'yōgana
Spelling kana 子供のコ
(Kodomo no "ko")
Morse code ----
Braille ⠪
Unicode U+3053, U+30B3
kana gojūon
n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a
sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i
dakuten ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u
chōonpu we re me he ne te se ke e
wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent IPA: [ko]. The shape of these kana comes from the kanji 己.

This character may be supplemented by a dakuten; it becomes ご in hiragana, ゴ in katakana, and go in Hepburn romanization. Also, the pronunciation is affected, transforming into [ɡo] in initial positions, and varying between [ŋo] and [ɣo] in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ko in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation [ŋo].

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal k-
(か行 ka-gyō)
ko
kou
koo
こう
こお
こー
コウ
コオ
コー
Addition dakuten g-
(が行 ga-gyō)
go
gou
goo
ごう
ごお
ごー
ゴウ
ゴオ
ゴー

[edit] Stroke order

Stroke order in writing こ
Stroke order in writing コ

[edit] Other communicative representations

In Japanese Braille, こ or コ is represented as:

-

The Wabun code for こ or コ is ----.

[edit] See also

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