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こ	U+3053,こ HIRAGANA LETTER KO

←げ
[U+3052]

Hiragana

ご →
[U+3054]

Japanese

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Stroke order

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ko̞]

Etymology 1

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Derived in theHeian period from writing theman'yōgana kanji己 in thecursivesōsho style.

Syllable

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こ• (ko)

Thehiragana syllableこ(ko). Its equivalent inkatakana isコ(ko). It is the tenth syllable in thegojūon order; its position isか行お段(ka-gyō o-dan,“rowka, sectiono”).

Derived terms

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ご(go)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions ofこ – see the following entries.

【戸】2	[noun]houses;apartments [noun]door [noun] The smallestadministrative division under theritsuryō system of governance. [counter]house;apartment [counter]household;family

【故】5	[prefix] thedeceased,late [affix]old;past;former

【個】5	[counter]item,article,thing Alternative spellings 㐰,箇

【呼】6	[affix] tobreathe out, toexhale, tosigh [affix] toshout, toyell [affix] tocall (someone), toaddress

【孤】S	[noun] anorphan [noun]solitude [adjective]solitary

【弧】S

[noun]arc

【顧】S	[counter]looks back,double-takes(often as一(いっ)顧(こ)(ikko)) [counter](figurative, chiefly in the negative)care,concern; amount one cares Alternative spelling コ

【袴】J	[noun](rare)hakama: a type of traditional Japanesetrousers [noun](rare)momohiki: traditional Japaneseclosefitting workman'strousers [noun](historical, military): prior toWorld War II, the general term for trousers in theImperial Japanese Army

【壺】H	[noun]hu(ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol) Alternative spelling 壷

【蠱】H	[noun] the eighteenth of the sixty-fourhexagrams of theI Ching ䷑

(This term,こ(ko), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read asこ, seeCategory:Japanese kanji read as こ.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet:古,庫,湖,固,己,股,虎,枯,虚,雇,誇,鼓,錮,乎,胡,糊,姑,沽,狐,扈.)

Etymology 3

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Native.

For pronunciation and definitions ofこ – see the following entries.

【子】1

[noun] achild

[noun](figuratively) agirl, especially adear ordesired one(compare use of Englishbaby,babe)

[noun](endearing)creature

[noun] asmaller oryounger version of a bigger object

[noun](hanafuda, card games, by extension, board games, gambling)person who isdealt cards

[prefix] anobject which has asubservient orderivative role relative to another object

[suffix]suffix used infemale given names, such as智子 (Tomoko),英子 (Eiko),秀子 (Hideko),美奈子 (Minako),有希子 (Yukiko)

[suffix](rare)suffix used inmale given names

[suffix] anobject having a particularstate orproperty(sometimesdiminutive)

[suffix]roe(only when preceded by afish name, or fish-related prefix)

[proper noun]asurname

Alternative spellings
児,娘

【小】1	[prefix]less in size or quantity,small,little,short [prefix] less in intensity,small,light,slight [prefix] ofsecondary importance,secondary,sub- [prefix]infant