Koto (hiragana: , katakana: ヿ) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent . is a combination (ligature) of the hiragana graphs of ko (こ) and to (と), while ヿ originates from the Chinese character 事.
The katakana koto is as a shorthand used in (an obsolete writing style that exclusively used katakana instead of hiragana).
In Unicode
See also
Ko (kana) To (kana) Yori (kana) Katakana
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