Ko

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ko
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	己
Katakana Man'yōgana:	己
Unicode:	U+3053
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

こ, in hiragana, or コ 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 [go] 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].

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing こ

Stroke order in writing コ

Other communicative representations

Look up こ, ご, コ, or ゴ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

In Japanese Braille, こ or コ is represented as:

The Wabun code for こ or コ is －－－－. To remember this, it helps to remember "Ko, for Coin"

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