Ko (kana)

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The hiragana こ.

The katakana コ.

The hiragana ご.

The katakana ゴ.

	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, or ko in Romaji with Hepburn romanisation (IPA: /ko/), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. 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 Romaji. Also, the pronunciation is affected, transforming into /go/.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ko	こ	コ
	kou koo kō, koh	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
	gou goo gō, goh	ごう, ごぅ ごお, ごぉ ごー	ゴウ, ゴゥ ゴオ, ゴォ ゴー

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