See also: , く゚, , , , and 𡿨

U+304F, く
HIRAGANA LETTER KU

[U+304E]
Hiragana
[U+3050]

Japanese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

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(ku

  1. The hiragana syllable (ku). Its equivalent in katakana is (ku). It is the eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (ka-gyō u-dan, row ka, section u).
Usage notes
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Do not confuse it with the kana iteration mark which is sometimes used in vertical text.

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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entries.
1
[numeral] nine
[numeral] ninth
[noun] nine
[noun] the ninth
Alternative spelling
1
[noun] (Buddhism) the mouth
[noun] (Buddhism) (by extension) one's speech, one's words
[noun] the mouthpiece of a flute
[counter] used to count people
[counter] used to count per-person portions
[counter] used to count open-mouthed containers
[counter] used to count bladed weapons or tools
3
[noun] ward, section, district
3
[noun] suffering
[noun] (Buddhism) dukkha
5
[noun] a short section from a longer text:
[noun] a phrase or clause
[noun] a sentence or line
[noun] a passage or paragraph
[noun] a verse from a song
[noun] a stanza from a poem
[counter] counter for stanzas from a poem or for haiku
J
[affix] carpenter's square
[affix] square (shape)
[affix] rule; law
[noun] (astronomy) quadrature
H
[affix] body
[counter] counter for Buddhist images
(This term, (ku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as , see Category:Japanese kanji read as く.)

(The following entries are uncreated: , , , , , , .)

Etymology 3

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Some obsolete inflections.

Verb

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(ku

  1. : disappear
  2. : come

Etymology 4

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Alternative spelling
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/-u aku//-ru aku//-ki aku//(-a)ku//-raku//-keku/

Originally a compound of the 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei) of verbs and adjectives and (あく) (aku); 上代特殊仮名遣 (jōdai tokushu kanazukai) contractions of vowel clusters caused it to be reanalyzed as the suffixes:

The use of this nominalizer is called 語法(ごほう) (ku-gohō).

Alternative forms

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Suffix

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(-ku

  1. (obsolete) A nominalizing suffix in Old Japanese.
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