が

See also: か

Character	が U+304C, が
Name	HIRAGANA LETTER GA
Block	Hiragana
Composition	か (U+304B) + ゙ (U+3099)
← か [U+304B] [U+304D] き →

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

が ‎(romaji ga)

1. The hiragana syllable が ‎(ga). Its equivalent in katakana is ガ ‎(ga).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Particle

が ‎(romaji ga)

1. Indicates the subject of a sentence.

   猫 (ねこ)が餌 (えさ)を食 (た)べた。

   Neko ga esa o tabeta.

   The cat [is the thing that] ate the cat food.

2. conjunction ("but")

   犬 (いぬ)は好 (す)きだが、猫 (ねこ)は嫌 (きら)いだ。

   Inu wa suki da ga, neko wa kirai da.

   I like dogs but I hate cats.

3. Historical possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ.

   我々 (われわれ)が心 (こころ)

   wareware ga kokoro

   our [collective] heart

   富士見 (ふじみ)ヶ丘 (おか)

   Fujimigaoka

   Fuji View Hill

   関 (せき)ヶ原 (はら)

   Sekigahara

   Gateway Plains (site of the Battle of Sekigahara)

Alternative forms

• (historical possessive): ヶ ‎(ga)

See also

• ぎゃ ‎(gya)
• は ‎(ha)
• 気 (き)がある ‎(ki ga aru)

Adjectival noun

が ‎(-na inflection, romaji ga)

1. 雅:

Noun

が ‎(romaji ga)

1. 我: ego
2. 画: picture
3. 賀: congratulation
4. 雅:
5. 駕:
6. 蛾: moth