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ko
ko
hiragana;	katakana;
transliteration	ko
hiragana origin	己
katakana origin	己
unicode	U+3053

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こ, in hiragana, or コ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent IPA: [ko]. 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 [ɡo] in initial positions, and varying between [ŋo] and [ɣo] 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 [ŋo].

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	Ko	こ	コ	Corneria (コーネリア, Kōneria)
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	Kō	こう, こぅこお, こぉこー, こ～	コウ, コゥコオ, コォコー, コ～
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	Go	ご	ゴ	ゴビバレーさばく Gobi Barē Sabaku ゴビバレー砂漠 Gobi's Valley
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	Gō	ごう, ごぅごお, ごぉごー, ご～	ゴウ, ゴゥゴオ, ゴォゴー, ゴ～

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing こ

Stroke order in writing コ

Other communicative representations

In Japanese Braille, こ or コ is represented as:

-	●
●	－
－	●

The Wabun code for こ or コ is －－－－. To remember this, it helps to remember "Ko, for Coin"

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 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 {{IPA|[ɡo]}} in initial positions, and varying between {{IPA|[ŋo]}} and {{IPA|[ɣo]}} 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 stop|nasal]] pronunciation {{IPA|[ŋo]}}.
+A [[handakuten]] (゜) does not occur with ''ko'' in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a [[nasal consonant|nasal]] pronunciation {{IPA|[ŋo]}}.
 {|class="wikitable"
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 |-
 !rowspan="2"|Normal ''k-''<br>(か行 ''ka-gyō'')
-|''ko''
+|''Ko''
 |こ
 |コ
+|[[Corneria]]   (コーネリア, ''Kōneria'')
 |-
+|''Kō''
-|''kou''<br>''koo''<br>''kō''
-|こう<br>こお<br>こー
+|こう, こぅ<br>こお, こぉ<br>こー, こ～
-|コウ<br>コオ<br>コー
+|コウ, コゥ<br>コオ, コォ<br>コー, コ～
 |-
 !rowspan="2"|Addition [[dakuten]] ''g-''<br>(が行 ''ga-gyō'')
-|''go''
+|''Go''
 |ご
 |ゴ
+|ゴビバレーさばく ''Gobi Barē Sabaku'' ゴビバレー砂漠 [[Gobi's Valley]]
 |-
+|''Gō''
-|''gou''<br>''goo''<br>''gō''
-|ごう<br>ごお<br>ごー
+|ごう, ごぅ<br>ごお, ごぉ<br>ごー, ご～
-|ゴウ<br>ゴオ<br>ゴー
+|ゴウ, ゴゥ<br>ゴオ, ゴォ<br>ゴー, ゴ～
 |}
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 ==Other communicative representations==
-{{Wiktionary|こ|ご|コ|ゴ}}
+{{Wiktionarypar|こ|ご|コ|ゴ}}
 In [[Japanese Braille]], こ or コ is represented as:
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 ==See also==
 * [[Koto (kana)]]
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ko (Kana)}}
 [[Category:Specific kana]]
 [[zh-min-nan:こ]]
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 [[ja:こ]]
 [[pt:Ko (kana)]]
-[[ro:Ko (kana)]]
 [[ru:Ко (кана)]]
 [[se:Ko (kana)]]