か

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ka
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	加
Katakana Man'yōgana:	加
Unicode:	U+304B, U+30AB
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

か, in hiragana, or カ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) /ka/. 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 Romaji. The phonetic value of the modified character is /gɑ/.

It is also used to indicate a query. For example:'Mizu ga arimasu ka?' which means 'Do you have any water?' Ka is the most commonly used interrogatory particle. It is also sometimes used to delimit choices.

[edit] Stroke order

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.

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.

[edit] Other communicative representations

Look up か, が, カ, ガ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

In Japanese Braille, か or カ is represented as:

The Wabun code for か, or カ, is ・－・・.

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