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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 Particle 2.3.1 Translations 2.3.2 See also 2.4 Noun 2.5 Counter 2.6 Kanji reading 2.6.1 On-reading of:

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
か Unicode: U+304BKatakana: カHepburn romanization: kaNihon-shiki romanization: kaPolivanov cyrillization: каJapanese braille: ⠡

[edit] Syllable

か

1. The hiragana syllable at か行あ段 (row KA, section A) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 加 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

か (romaji ka)

1. The /ka/ syllable.
2. The sixth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is お and the next character is き. The equivalent katakana character is カ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with か (ka) see: Special:Allpages/か

[edit] Derived terms

• が (ga)

[edit] Particle

か (romaji ka)

1. final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark ("?").

   お元気ですか。

   おげんきですか。

   o-genki desu ka.

   How are you? [How is your health?]

2. particle marking alternatives in a list; "or"
   • これか、それか、どっちか選んでよ。

     これか、それか、どっちかえらんでよ。

     Kore ka, sore ka, docchika erande yo.

     This or that, choose one of them.

3. whether (or not)
   • 行くか知らない。

     いくかしらない。

     Iku ka shiranai.

     I don't know whether he'll go.

4. indication of doubt
   • 行くかと思いますが……。

     いくかとおもいますが……。

     Iku ka to omoimasu ga....

     I think he'll go (but I'm not sure)....

[edit] Translations

Meaning 1

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗎 cmn(cmn), 吗 cmn(cmn) (ma) (final rather than initial)

• Esperanto: ĉu eo(eo)
• French: est-ce que fr(fr) (initial)
• Hindi: क्या hi(hi) (kyā) (initial)
• Khmer: ទេ (dtēi) (final rather than initial)
• Mongolian: уу mo(mo) (uu), үү mo(mo) (üü), юу mo(mo) (yu), юү mo(mo) (yü) (initial)
• Polish: czy pl(pl) (initial)
• Persian: آیا (āyā)
• Russian: ли ru(ru) (li) (placed after the first word in the sentence or phrase, not required), разве ru(ru) (rázve) (initial)
• Thai: ไหม th(th) (mãi) (final rather than initial)
• Ukrainian: чи uk(uk) (čy) (initial)
• Urdu: کیا ur(ur) (kyā) (initial)

[edit] See also

• ね (ne)

[edit] Noun

か (romaji ka)

1. 蚊: mosquito
2. 科: family (biological classification)
3. 香: aroma, scent, fragrance

[edit] Counter

か (romaji ka)

1. 日: days
2. 箇: units of time
3. 荷: buckets, loads
4. 課: lessons
5. 果: small round things
6. 菓: fruits
7. 架: flat framed items

[edit] Kanji reading

か (romaji ka)

[edit] On-reading of:

• 何