Ka (kana)

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Hiragana

Katakana

Transliteration = ka
Hiragana Manyogana = 加
Katakana Manyogana = 加
Unicode = U+304B, U+30AB
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か, in hiragana, or カ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) 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 IPA|/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.

troke order

The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:
# A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
# A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
# A small curved line on the right.The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:
# A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
# A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.

Other communicative representations

In Japanese Braille, か or カ is represented as:

●－ －－ －●

The Wabun code for か, or カ, is ・－・・.