Also known as HIRAGANA LETTER KO, ko
Hiragana letter Ko (U+3053)
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Encyclopedic overview
Transliterationko Translit. with dakutengo Translit. with handakuten(ngo) Hiragana origin己 Katakana origin己 Man'yōgana古 姑 枯 故 侯 孤 児 粉 己 巨 去 居 忌 許 虚 興 木 Voiced man'yōgana吾 呉 胡 娯 後 籠 児 悟 誤 其 期 碁 語 御 馭 凝 Spelling kana子供のコ (Kodomo no "ko") Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation.
Kana modifiers and marks
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “こ” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.