- Wo (kana)
Infobox_kana
Hiragana
Katakana
Transliteration = o, wo
Hiragana Manyogana = 遠
Katakana Manyogana = 乎
Unicode =
Footnotes =を, in
hiragana , or ヲ inkatakana , is one of the Japanesekana , each of which represent one mora.Modern usage
This kana is used almost exclusively as a particle; as such, the katakana form (ヲ) is fairly uncommon in everyday language — mostly used as a stand-in for its hiragana counterpart in texts that need to be written entirely in katakana.
Generally, it represents (IPA) IPA|/o/, although some dialects retain the pronunciation IPA|/ɰo/, which is also often used in songs. It is also occasionally pronounced this way when stressing the particle, e.g. to clarify when someone misunderstands what has been said.
It is transliterated variably as
or , with the former being faithful to standard pronunciation but the latter avoiding confusion with お and オ. A "wo" sound in katakana is represented as ウォ instead. For example, ウォークマン ("wōkuman", "Walkman") and ウォッカ ("wokka", "vodka").
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