く

See also: ぐ, く゚, 〱, ㄑ, ㇛, and 𡿨

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝ]

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, こ𛄲 (𛄲)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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Counter

く • (-ku) 

1. 口: people; implements
2. 区: districts; wards
3. 句: paragraphs; sentences
4. 躯: Buddhist images

Noun

く • (ku) 

1. 九, 玖: nine
2. 口: mouth
3. 区: district
4. 句: paragraph
5. 苦: suffering; dukkha
6. 垢: klesha
7. 矩: quadrature​ (astronomy)

Verb

く • (ku) 

1. 消: disappear
2. 来: come
3. 繰: repeat

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

く • (-ku) 

1. (obsolete) A nominalizing suffix in Old Japanese.

Derived terms

• 曰(いわ)く (iwaku)
• 願(ねが)わくは (negawaku wa)
• 思惑(おもわく) (omowaku)
• 恐(おそ)らく (osoraku)