こ

See also: ご

こ U+3053, こ
HIRAGANA LETTER KO
← げ
[U+3052] 		Hiragana ご →
[U+3054]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 己 in the cursive sōsho style. Variants include those derived by similar process from 古, 許, 故, 期, 子 and 興.

Syllable

こ (romaji ko)

  1. The hiragana syllable こ (ko). Its equivalent in katakana is コ (ko). It is the tenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行お段 (ka-gyō o-dan, “row ka, section o”).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Adjectival noun

こ (-na inflection, rōmaji ko)

  1. 孤: solitary

Counter

こ (rōmaji -ko)

  1. 戸:
  2. 個:

Noun

こ (rōmaji ko)

  1. 子, 児: child
  2. 木: tree
  3. 海鼠: (obsolete) sea cucumber
  4. 格:
  5. 粉: flour
  6. 蚕: silkworm
  7. 籠: cage
  8. 戸:
  9. 呼:
  10. 孤: solitude
  11. 弧: arc
  12. 個:
  13. 壷:
  14. 鈷:
  15. 鉤:
  16. 胡:

Prefix

こ (rōmaji ko-)

  1. 小:
  2. 濃:
  3. 故:

Pronoun

こ (rōmaji ko)

  1. 此, 是:

Suffix

こ (rōmaji -ko)

  1. 子, 児:
  2. 処:

Verb

こ (rōmaji ko)

  1. 来: Imperfective of 来る (くる, kuru).
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