Ka (kana)

Hiragana	Katakana
Stroke order
Unicode
U + 304B	U + 30AB
origin
加	加
Transliteration
Kunrei :	ka
Hepburn :	ka
50 sounds board
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か , in Hiragana , or カ in Katakana , are Japanese characters of the Kana system that belong to the Hiragana and Katakana writing systems , respectively. They both represent a mora . They are ranked sixth in modern Japanese alphabetical order . The か is also the 14th letter in the Iroha , directly after the わ and before よ . In the Gojūon table (sorted by columns from left to right) か is in the second column (か 行, "Column Ka") and in the first row (あ 段, "Row A"). Both represent [ka] .

shape	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か 行ka-gyō )	ka	か	カ
	kaa kā , kah	か あ, か ぁ か ー	カ ア, カ ァ カ ー
Addition dakuten g- (が 行ga-gyō )	ga	が	ガ
	gaa gā , gah	が あ, が ぁ が ー	ガ ア, ガ ァ ガ ー

Derivation

The form of both kana is derived from the kanji加. This is pronounced in modern standard Chinese as jia1, in Korean as ka.

variants

The Kana can be expanded with the Dakuten , to が in Hiragana, ガ in Katakana, and thus ga in the Hepburn system . The phonetic value is modified to the form [gɑ] at the beginning and varies between [ŋa] and [ɣa] in the middle of the word.

The hand acute (゜) does not appear with ka in normal Japanese texts. But it is sometimes used by linguists to indicate the nasal pronunciation [ŋa] .

Stroke order

Stroke sequence of the hiragana character

Stroke sequence of the katakana character

The hiragana か is drawn with three lines :

1. At the top left, a horizontal line that goes down to an arch and ends with a hook at the bottom.
2. Above, a curved vertical line that intersects the first line.
3. On the right, a short curved line starting at the level of the first line.

The katakana カ is drawn with two lines:

1. Above left, a horizontal line to the right, further vertically downwards, below slightly curved slightly to the left.
2. Above, a vertical line down, from halfway down, curved slightly to the left.

Other forms of representation

• In Japanese Braille :

• The Wabun code is ・ - ・ ・.
• In the Japanese spelling table , it is spelled as "為 替 の カ" (Kawase no Ka).

Meaning in Japanese grammar

か [ka] is the most commonly used question particle . It is also used to separate choices.

が [ga] is used to draw attention to a particular part of a sentence, specifically for the grammatical subject.

Web links

Wiktionary: か  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations