く

See also: ぐ, 〱, and ㄑ

Character	く U+304F, く
Name	HIRAGANA LETTER KU
Block	Hiragana
← ぎ [U+304E] [U+3050] ぐ →

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯᵝ]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 久 in the cursive sōsho style. Variants include those derived by similar process from 具, 九, 倶, 求 and 供.

Syllable

く ‎(romaji ku)

1. The hiragana syllable く ‎(ku). Its equivalent in katakana is ク ‎(ku). It is the eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行う段 ‎(ka-gyō u-dan, “row ka, section u”).

Derived terms

• ぐ ‎(gu)

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

Counter

く ‎(romaji -ku)

1. 口:
2. 区:
3. 句:
4. 躯:

Noun

く ‎(romaji ku)

1. 九, 玖: nine
2. 口:
3. 区:
4. 句:
5. 苦: suffering; dukkha
6. 垢:
7. 矩:

Verb

く ‎(romaji ku)

1. 消:
2. 来: