ご

See also: こ

ご U+3054, ご
HIRAGANA LETTER GO
Composition:こ [U+3053] + ◌゙ [U+3099]
← こ
[U+3053] 		Hiragana さ →
[U+3055]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞]
  • IPA(key): [ŋo̞] (morpheme-medial alternative pronunciation)

Etymology 1

The hiragana character こ (ko) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

ご (romaji go)

  1. The hiragana syllable ご (go). Its equivalent in katakana is ゴ (go).
See also

Etymology 2

Reading of various kanji.

Noun

ご (rōmaji go)

  1. 語: language
  2. 棊, 棋, 碁: (board games) a board game
  3. 期: a specific time; death (as in "one's time has come")
  4. 伍: a military squad (usu. of five people); a group
  5. 午: noon; midnight
  6. 豆油, 豆汁: a slurry of boiled and mashed soybeans used as the raw material for making tofu, dyes, and oil paints

Numeral

ご (rōmaji go)

  1. 五: five
  2. 伍: less-common alternate for 五

Prefix

ご (rōmaji go-)

  1. 御: honorific prefix used before on'yomi nouns
  2. 互: mutual

Proper noun

ご (rōmaji Go)

  1. 呉: Wu China

Suffix

ご (rōmaji -go)

  1. 語: language of, -ese
  2. 後: after
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