Ka (kana)

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The hiragana か.

The katakana カ.

The hiragana が.

The katakana ガ.

	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

か, in hiragana, カ in katakana, ka (IPA: /kɑ/) under Hepburn romanisation, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

The character can be combined with a dakuten, to form が in hiragana, ガ in katakana, and ga in Romaji. The phonetic value of the modified character is /gɑ/.

It is also used to indicate a query. か is the most commonly used interrogatory particle. It is also sometimes used to delimit choices.

か and カ both originate from 加.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ka	か	カ
	kaa kā, kah	かあ, かぁ かー	カア, カァ カー
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	ga	が	ガ
	gaa gā, gah	があ, がぁ がー	ガア, ガァ ガー

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