See also: , コ゚, , , , and

U+30B3, コ
KATAKANA LETTER KO

[U+30B2]
Katakana
[U+30B4]
U+32D9, ㋙
CIRCLED KATAKANA KO

[U+32D8]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+32DA]
U+FF7A, コ
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KO

[U+FF79]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF7B]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞]

Etymology 1

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji .

Syllable

(romaji ko)

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

Unlike the hiragana system, used for Japanese language words that kanji does not cover, the katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of loan words (collectively gairaigo), as well as to represent onomatopoeias, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. Names of Japanese companies, as well as certain Japanese language words, are also sometimes written in katakana rather than the other systems. Formerly, female given names were written in katakana. [edit]

See also

Etymology 2

Eye dialect spelling of various words.

Noun

(rōmaji ko)

  1. : a boy, a girl, a child
  2. : small, little

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