く

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝ]

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.

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”).

• ぐ (gu)

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

く (rōmaji -ku)

1. 口:
2. 区:
3. 句:
4. 躯:

く (rōmaji ku)

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

く (rōmaji ku)

1. 消:
2. 来:
3. 繰: repeat

く (rōmaji -ku)

1. (obsolete) A nominalizing suffix in Old Japanese.

• 曰 (いわ)く (iwaku)
• 願 (ねが)わくは (negawaku wa)
• 思惑 (おもわく) (omowaku)
• 恐 (おそ)らく (osoraku)