Ka (kana)

Template:Short description Template:Template other Ka (hiragana: か, katakana: カ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent . The shapes of these kana both originate from 加.

The character can be combined with a dakuten, to form が in hiragana, ガ in katakana and ga in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value of the modified character is in initial positions and varying between and in the middle of words.

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

か is the most commonly used interrogatory particle. It is also sometimes used to delimit choices.

が is a Japanese case marker, as well as a conjunctive particle. It is used to denote the focus of attention in a sentence, especially to the grammatical subject.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ka	か	カ
	kaa kā	かあ, かぁ かー	カア, カァ カー
Addition of dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	ga	が	ガ
	gaa gā	があ, がぁ がー	ガア, ガァ ガー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing か Stroke order in writing か

File:Katakana カ stroke order animation.gif Stroke order in writing カ

Stroke order in writing か

Stroke order in writing か

The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:

1. A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
2. A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
3. A small curved line on the right.

Stroke order in writing カ

Stroke order in writing カ

The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:

1. A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
2. A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.

Other communicative representations

Braille representation

か / カ in Japanese Braille				Other kana based on Braille か
か / カ ka	が / ガ ga	かあ / カー kā	があ / ガー gā	きゃ / キャ kya	ぎゃ / ギャ gya	きゃあ / キャー kyā	ぎゃあ / ギャー gyā
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