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Character  が 
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER GA
Codepoint U+304C

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Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

The hiragana character  (ka) with a dakuten ().

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Syllable [edit]

(Hepburn romanization ga)

  1. The hiragana syllable  (ga), whose equivalent in katakana is  (ga).

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Particle [edit]

(romaji ga)

  1. が: Indicates the subject of a sentence.
  2. が: conjunction ("but")
    • は好きだ、猫は嫌いだ。
      いぬはすきだ、ねこはきらいだ。
      Inu wa suki da ga, neko wa kirai da.
      I like dogs but I hate cats.
  3. が or ヶ: Historical possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ.

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Noun [edit]

(romaji ga)

  1. : moth

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Kanji reading [edit]

(romaji ga)

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