ぐ

See also: く, く゚, 〱, 〲, and ㄑ

ぐ U+3050, ぐ HIRAGANA LETTER GU Composition: く [U+304F] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← く [U+304F] Hiragana け → [U+3051]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝ]

• IPA^(key): [ŋɯ̟ᵝ] (morpheme-medial alternative pronunciation)

Etymology 1

The hiragana character く (ku) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

ぐ (romaji gu)

1. The hiragana syllable ぐ (gu). Its equivalent in katakana is グ (gu).

Usage notes

Do not confuse it with the voiced kana iteration mark 〲 which is sometimes used in vertical text.

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑゑ゙, をを゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Counter

ぐ • (-gu) 

1. 具: sets (armor, furniture)

Noun

ぐ • (gu) 

1. 具: tool

Suffix

ぐ • (-gu) 

1. 具: tool, ingredient