Ka (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ka
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	加
Katakana Man'yōgana:	加
Unicode:	U+304B, U+30AB
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, or カ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) /ka/. The shapes of these kana both originate from 加.

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. For example:'Mizu ga arimasu ka?' which means 'Do you have any water?' Ka is the most commonly used interrogatory particle. It is also sometimes used to delimit choices.

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

[edit] Stroke order

The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:

1. A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
2. A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
3. A small curved line on the right.

The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:

1. A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
2. A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.

[edit] Other communicative representations

In Japanese Braille, か or カ is represented as:

●－ －－ －●

The Wabun code for か, or カ, is ・－・・.