Ku (kana)

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Hiragana

Katakana
Transliteration: ku
Hiragana Man'yōgana:
Katakana Man'yōgana:
Unicode: U+304F
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
we re me he ne te se ke e
wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent IPA /kɯ/, and their shapes come from the kanji 久.

This kana may have a dakuten added, transforming it into ぐ in hiragana, グ in katakana, and gu in Romaji. The dakuten's addition also changes the sound of the syllable represented, to /gɯ/.

Forms Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal k-
(か行 ka-gyō)
ku
kuu
くう, くぅ
くー
クウ, クゥ
クー
Addition dakuten g-
(が行 ga-gyō)
gu
guu
ぐう, ぐぅ
ぐー
グウ, グゥ
グー
Other additional forms
Form A (kw-)
Romaji Hiragana Katagana
kwa くぁ クァ
kwi くぃ クィ
kwe くぇ クェ
kwo くぉ クォ
Form B (gw-)
Romaji Hiragana Katagana
gwa ぐぁ グァ
gwi ぐぃ グィ
gwe ぐぇ グェ
gwo ぐぉ グォ

[edit] Stroke order

Stroke order in writing く
Stroke order in writing く
Stroke order in writing ク
Stroke order in writing ク

[edit] Other communicative representations

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In Japanese Braille, く or ク is represented as:

The Wabun code for く or ク is ・・・-.