Ko (hiragana: こ, katakana: コ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent . 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 in initial positions and varying between and 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 .
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakanaNormal k-(か行 ka-gyō)koこコkoukookōこう, こぅこお, こぉこーコウ, コゥコオ, コォコーAddition dakuten g-(が行 ga-gyō)goごゴgougoogōごう, ごぅごお, ごぉごーゴウ, ゴゥゴオ, ゴォゴー
Stroke order
Other communicative representations
Braille forms こ / コ in Japanese Braille こ / コ ko ご / ゴ go こう / コー kō/kou ごう / ゴー gō/gou Other kana based on Braille こ きょ / キョ kyo ぎょ / ギョ gyo きょう / キョー kyō/kyou ぎょう / ギョー gyō/gyou
Computer encodings
References
See also
Koto (kana)