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. The shape of these kana come from the kanji 久.

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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