See also: and こ゚

U+3053, こ
HIRAGANA LETTER KO

[U+3052]
Hiragana
[U+3054]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

(romaji ko)

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

Etymology 2

Adjectival noun

(-na inflection, rōmaji ko)

  1. : solitary

Counter

(rōmaji -ko)

  1. :
  2. :

Noun

(rōmaji ko)

  1. , : child
  2. : tree
  3. 海鼠: (obsolete) sea cucumber
  4. :
  5. : flour
  6. : silkworm
  7. : cage
  8. :
  9. :
  10. : solitude
  11. : arc
  12. :
  13. :
  14. :
  15. :
  16. :

Prefix

(rōmaji ko-)

  1. :
  2. :
  3. :

Pronoun

(rōmaji ko)

  1. , :

Suffix

(rōmaji -ko)

  1. , :
  2. :

Verb

(rōmaji ko)

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