Ko (kana)

こ, in hiragana or コ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent . 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 Hepburn romanization. Also, the pronunciation is affected, transforming into in initial positions and varying between and in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ko in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation .

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ko	こ	コ
	kou koo kō	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	ごう, ごぅ ごお, ごぉ ごー	ゴウ, ゴゥ ゴオ, ゴォ ゴー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing こ Stroke order in writing こ

Stroke order in writing コ Stroke order in writing コ

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Stroke order in writing こ

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Stroke order in writing コ

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

こ / コ in Japanese Braille
こ / コ ko	ご / ゴ go	こう / コー kō/kou	ごう / ゴー gō/gou	Other kana based on Braille こ
				きょ / キョ kyo	ぎょ / ギョ gyo	きょう / キョー kyō/kyou	ぎょう / ギョー gyō/gyou
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• Computer encodings

See also

• Koto (kana)