Ku (kana)

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The hiragana く.

The katakana ク.

The hiragana ぐ.

The katakana グ.

	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

く, in hiragana, or ク in katakana, and ku in Romaji with Hepburn romanisation (IPA: /ku/), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

This character, like the rest of the second row, may have a dakuten added. This transforms the symbol into ぐ in hiragana, グ in katakana, and gu in Romaji. The dakuten's addition also changes the sound of the syllable represented, to /gu/.

Also note that, as in the other -u kana, the 'u' sound is very subtle; unless well-articulated, this kana sounds fairly close to 'k' (or, with dakuten, 'g') alone.

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ku	く	ク
	kuu kū	くう, くぅ くー	クウ, クゥ クー
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	gu	ぐ	グ
	guu gū	ぐう, ぐぅ ぐー	グウ, グゥ グー

Other addtional forms
Form A (q-, qw-) qa, qwa くぁ クァ qi, qwi くぃ クィ (qu, qwu) (く, くぅ) (ク, クゥ) qe, qwe くぇ クェ qo, qwo くぉ クォ	Form B (gw-) gwa ぐぁ グァ gwi ぐぃ グィ (gwu) (ぐぅ) (グゥ) gwe ぐぇ グェ gwo ぐぉ グォ

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