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-
| ko | こ | コ |
Normal k-
| kou
koo
kō | こう
こお
こー | コウ
コオ
コー |
Addition dakuten g-
| go | ご | ゴ |
Addition dakuten g-
| gou
goo
gō | ごう
ごお
ごー | ゴウ
ゴオ
ゴー |
