く゚

See also: く and ぐ

Japanese

Etymology

The character く with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋɯ̟ᵝ]

Syllable

く゚ (romaji ngu)

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable く゚ (ngu). Its equivalent in katakana is ク゚ (ngu).

Usage notes

[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.

See also

• か゚, カ゚ (nga); き゚, キ゚ (ngi); け゚, ケ゚ (nge); こ゚, コ゚ (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