か

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Character	か
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER KA
Codepoint	U+304B

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 加 in the cursive sōsho style.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [kä]

Syllable

か (Hepburn romanization ka)

1. The hiragana syllable か (ka), whose equivalent in katakana is カ (ka). It is the sixth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is か行あ段 (KA-gyō, A-dan; “row KA, section A”).

Related terms

• For a list of words starting with か (ka) see: Special:Allpages/か

Derived terms

• が (ga)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Counter

か (romaji -ka)

1. 課: lessons, chapters
2. 箇, 個, 个, カ: numbers in the Chinese (ichi-ni-san) counting system
3. 箇: articles
4. 菓: fruit
5. 果: pieces of fruit
6. 日: days
7. 荷: loads that can be carried on foot
8. 架: flat framed items

Particle

か (romaji ka)

1. final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark ("?").

   お元気ですか。

   おげんきですか。

   o-genki desu ka.

   How are you? [How is your health?]

2. particle marking alternatives in a list; "or"
   • これか、それか、どっちか選んでよ。

     これか、それか、どっちかえらんでよ。

     Kore ka, sore ka, docchika erande yo.

     This or that, choose one of them.

3. whether (or not)
   • 行くか知らない。

     いくかしらない。

     Iku ka shiranai.

     I don't know whether he'll go.

4. indication of doubt
   • 行くかと思いますが……。

     いくかとおもいますが……。

     Iku ka to omoimasu ga....

     I think he'll go (but I'm not sure)....

See also

• ね (ne)

Noun

か (romaji ka)

1. 蚊: mosquito
2. 科: family (biological classification)
3. 香: aroma, scent, fragrance

Prefix

か (romaji ka-)

1. 仮: temporary, unreal
2. 過: super-, over-; per (chemistry)

Suffix

か (romaji -ka)

1. 家: -ist, -er, someone who does something
2. 科: department, section; taxonomical family
3. 課: section, department; lesson
4. 可: permitted, allowed, licensed
5. 日: day of the month
6. 化: -ification
7. 下: under a certain condition
8. 荷: load

Kanji reading

か (romaji ka)

On-reading of:

• 何