か゚

See also: か, が, and ゕ

Japanese

Etymology

The character か (ka) with a 半濁点 (handakuten, “half-voiced mark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋa̠]

Syllable

か゚ (romaji nga)

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) the hiragana syllable か゚ (nga); its equivalent in katakana is カ゚ (nga)

Usage notes

[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese, 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.

See also

• き゚ (ngi), く゚ (ngu), け゚ (nge), こ゚ (ngo)

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕがか゚	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	らら゚	わゎわ゙	ん
いぃ	きぎき゚	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み	𛀆	りり゚	ゐ𛅐ゐ゙
うぅゔ	くぐく゚	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	るる゚	𛄟
えぇ	けゖげけ゚	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め	𛀁	れれ゚	ゑ𛅑ゑ゙
おぉ	こごこ゚	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろろ゚	を𛅒を゙
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ