く゚

JapaneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
The character く with a handakuten.
PronunciationEdit
SyllableEdit
く゚ (romaji ngu)
- (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable く゚ (ngu). Its equivalent in katakana is ク゚ (ngu).
Usage notesEdit
[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.