こ

See also: ご and こ゚

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 己 in the cursive sōsho style. Variants include those derived by similar process from 古, 許, 故, 期, 子 and 興.

Syllable

こ (romaji ko)

1. The hiragana syllable こ (ko). Its equivalent in katakana is コ (ko). It is the tenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行お段 (ka-gyō o-dan, “row ka, section o”).

Derived terms

• ご (go)

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

Adjectival noun

こ • (ko) -na (adnominal こな (ko na na), adverbial こに (ko ni ni))

1. 孤: solitary

Counter

こ • (-ko) 

1. 戸: houses; apartments
2. 個: objects, articles, things

Noun

こ • (ko) 

1. 子, 児: child
2. 木: tree
3. 海鼠: (obsolete) sea cucumber
4. 格:
5. 粉: flour
6. 蚕: silkworm
7. 籠: cage
8. 戸:
9. 呼: breathing
10. 孤: solitude
11. 弧: arc
12. 個:
13. 壷, 壺: hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)​
14. 鈷: cobalt
15. 鉤:
16. 胡:

Prefix

こ • (ko-) 

1. 小: small
2. 濃: dark color
3. 故: the deceased, late

Pronoun

こ • (ko) 

1. 此: (derogatory) you
2. 是: (humble) you

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	a-/wa- “I, we” (first person)	na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person)	k- “this” (close to speaker)	s- “that” (close to listener)	a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both)	i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative)	ono- “oneself” (reflexive)
Person	あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro)	な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko) これ (kore)	そ (so) それ (sore)	あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare)	た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono) おのれ (onore)
Thing			こ (ko) これ (kore)	そ (so) それ (sore)	あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

Suffix

こ • (-ko) 

1. 子, 児: child; young
2. 処: place

Verb

こ • (ko) 

1. 来: imperfective of 来る (くる, kuru).