が

See also: か

が U+304C, が
HIRAGANA LETTER GA
Composition:か [U+304B] + ◌゙ [U+3099]
← か
[U+304B] 		Hiragana き →
[U+304D]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠]
  • IPA(key): [ŋa̠] (morpheme-medial alternative pronunciation)

Etymology 1

The hiragana character か (ka) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

が (romaji ga)

  1. The hiragana syllable が (ga). Its equivalent in katakana is ガ (ga).
See also

Etymology 2

Particle

が (rōmaji ga)

  1. Indicates the subject of a sentence.
    猫 (ねこ)が餌 (えさ)を食 (た)べた。
    Neko ga esa o tabeta.
    The cat [is the thing that] ate the cat food.
  2. conjunction ("but")
    犬 (いぬ)は好 (す)きだが、猫 (ねこ)は嫌 (きら)いだ。
    Inu wa suki da ga, neko wa kirai da.
    I like dogs but I hate cats.
  3. Historical possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ.
    我々 (われわれ)が心 (こころ)
    wareware ga kokoro
    our [collective] heart
    富 (ふ)士 (じ)見 (み)ヶ丘 (おか)
    Fujimigaoka
    Fuji View Hill
    関 (せき)ヶ原 (はら)
    Sekigahara
    Gateway Plains (site of the Battle of Sekigahara)
Alternative forms
  • (historical possessive): ヶ (ga)
See also

Adjectival noun

が (-na inflection, rōmaji ga)

  1. 雅: elegant

Noun

が (rōmaji ga)

  1. 我: ego
  2. 画: picture
  3. 賀: congratulation
  4. 雅: elegance
  5. 駕: vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
  6. 蛾: moth
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