Ko (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ko
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	己
Katakana Man'yōgana:	己
Unicode:	U+3053
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

こ, in hiragana, or コ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent (IPA) /ko/. The shape of these kana comes from the kanji 己.

This character may be supplemented by a dakuten; it becomes ご in hiragana, ゴ in katakana, and go in Romaji. Also, the pronunciation is affected, transforming into /go/.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ko	こ	コ
	kou koo kō, koh	こう, こぅ こお, こぉ こー	コウ, コゥ コオ, コォ コー
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	go	ご	ゴ
	gou goo gō, goh	ごう, ごぅ ごお, ごぉ ごー	ゴウ, ゴゥ ゴオ, ゴォ ゴー

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[edit] Other communicative representations

In Japanese Braille, こ or コ is represented as:

-	●
●	－
－	●

The Wabun code for こ or コ is －－－－. To remember this, it helps to remember "Ko, for Coin"