か゚
Japanese edit
Etymology edit
The character か (ka) with a 半濁点 (handakuten, “half-voiced mark”).
Pronunciation edit
Syllable edit
- (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable か゚ (nga). Its equivalent in katakana is カ゚ (nga).
Usage notes edit
[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese; this phenomenon is known as 鼻濁音 (bidakuon, “nasal voiced sound”). This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.