く

See also: ぐ, 〱, ㄑ, and ㇛

く U+304F, く
HIRAGANA LETTER KU
← ぎ
[U+304E] 		Hiragana ぐ →
[U+3050]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 久 in the cursive sōsho style. Variants include those derived by similar process from 具, 九, 倶, 求 and 供.

Syllable

く (romaji ku)

  1. The hiragana syllable く (ku). Its equivalent in katakana is ク (ku). It is the eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行う段 (ka-gyō u-dan, “row ka, section u”).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Counter

く (rōmaji -ku)

  1. 口:
  2. 区:
  3. 句:
  4. 躯:

Noun

く (rōmaji ku)

  1. 九, 玖: nine
  2. 口:
  3. 区:
  4. 句:
  5. 苦: suffering; dukkha
  6. 垢:
  7. 矩:

Verb

く (rōmaji ku)

  1. 消:
  2. 来:
  3. 繰: repeat
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