Hiragana |
Katakana |
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Transliteration: | ka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hiragana Man'yōgana: | 加 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Katakana Man'yōgana: | 加 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unicode: | U+304B, U+30AB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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か, in hiragana, or カ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [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 Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value of the modified character is [ɡa] in initial positions, and varying between [ŋa] and [ɣa] in the middle of words.
A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ka in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation [ŋa].
か is the most commonly used interrogatory particle. It is also sometimes used to delimit choices.
が is used to denote the focus of attention in a sentence, especially to the grammatical subject.
Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō) |
Ka | か | カ |
kaa kā, kah |
かあ, かぁ かー |
カア, カァ カー |
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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 |
The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:
The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:
In Japanese Braille, か or カ is represented as:
●- -- -● |
The Wabun code for か, or カ, is ・-・・.