Ko (kana)

, in hiragana or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent IPA: [ko]. The shape of these kana comes from the kanji 己.

ko
hiragana
katakana
transliterationko
translit. with dakutengo
translit. with handakuten(ngo)
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana古 姑 枯 故 侯 孤 児 粉 己 巨 去 居 忌 許 虚 興 木
Voiced Man'yōgana吾 呉 胡 娯 後 籠 児 悟 誤 其 期 碁 語 御 馭 凝
spelling kana子供のコ
(Kodomo no "ko")
Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented syllables with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation

This character may be supplemented by a dakuten; it becomes ご in hiragana, ゴ in katakana and go in Hepburn romanization. Also, the pronunciation is affected, transforming into [ɡo] in initial positions and varying between [ŋo] and [ɣo] in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ko in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation [ŋo].

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal k-
(か行 ka-gyō)
ko
kou
koo
こう
こお
こー
コウ
コオ
コー
Addition dakuten g-
(が行 ga-gyō)
go
gou
goo
ごう
ごお
ごー
ゴウ
ゴオ
ゴー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing こ
Stroke order in writing コ
Stroke order in writing こ
Stroke order in writing コ

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
こ / コ in Japanese Braille
こ / コ
ko
ご / ゴ
go
こう / コー
/kou
ごう / ゴー
/gou
Other kana based on Braille
きょ / キョ
kyo
ぎょ / ギョ
gyo
きょう / キョー
kyō/kyou
ぎょう / ギョー
gyō/gyou
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER KOKATAKANA LETTER KOHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KOHIRAGANA LETTER GOKATAKANA LETTER GO
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12371U+305312467U+30B365402U+FF7A12372U+305412468U+30B4
UTF-8227 129 147E3 81 93227 130 179E3 82 B3239 189 186EF BD BA227 129 148E3 81 94227 130 180E3 82 B4
Numeric character referenceここココココごごゴゴ
Shift JIS[1]130 17782 B1131 8283 52186BA130 17882 B2131 8383 53
EUC-JP[2]164 179A4 B3165 179A5 B3142 1868E BA164 180A4 B4165 180A5 B4
GB 18030[3]164 179A4 B3165 179A5 B3132 49 152 5084 31 98 32164 180A4 B4165 180A5 B4
EUC-KR[4] / UHC[5]170 179AA B3171 179AB B3170 180AA B4171 180AB B4
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[6]198 183C6 B7199 75C7 4B198 184C6 B8199 76C7 4C
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[7]198 249C6 F9199 175C7 AF198 250C6 FA199 176C7 B0
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGO[8]KATAKANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGO[8]CIRCLED KATAKANA KO
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12371 12442U+3053+309A12467 12442U+30B3+309A13017U+32D9
UTF-8227 129 147 227 130 154E3 81 93 E3 82 9A227 130 179 227 130 154E3 82 B3 E3 82 9A227 139 153E3 8B 99
Numeric character referenceこ゚こ゚コ゚コ゚㋙㋙
Shift JIS-2004[9]130 24682 F6131 15283 98
EUC-JIS-2004[10]164 251A4 FB165 251A5 FB

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