こ

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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 Noun

[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
こ Unicode: U+3053Katakana: コHepburn romanization: koNihon-shiki romanization: koPolivanov cyrillization: коJapanese braille: ⠪

[edit] Syllable

こ

1. The hiragana syllable at か行お段 (row KA, section O) 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 己 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

こ (romaji ko)

1. The /ko/ syllable.
2. The tenth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is け and the next character is さ. The equivalent katakana character is コ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with こ (ko) see: Special:Allpages/こ

[edit] Derived terms

• ご (go)

[edit] Noun

こ (romaji ko)

1. 子, 児: child