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Etymology 1 edit
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 加 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation edit
Syllable edit
- The hiragana syllable か (ka). Its equivalent in katakana is カ (ka). It is the sixth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行あ段 (ka-gyō a-dan, “row ka, section a”).
Derived terms edit
- が (ga)
See also edit
- (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, こ𛄲 (𛄲)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, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2 edit
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乎 (literary, obsolete) 歟 (literary, obsolete) |
From Proto-Japonic *ka.
Particle edit
- final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark ("?").
- particle marking alternatives in a list; "or"
- whether (or not)
- indication of doubt
- 行くかと思いますが……
- Iku ka to omoimasu ga……
- I think he'll go (but I'm not sure)....
- 行くかと思いますが……
Usage notes edit
- In Classical Japanese, attaches to the rentaikei:
- 誰が天地を造りしか。
- Dare ga tenchi o tsukurishi ka.
- Who made the heaven and the earth?
- 誰が天地を造りしか。
- The Japanese full stop is traditionally used in place of a question mark after this particle.
Alternative forms edit
See also edit
- ね (ne)
Etymology 3 edit
First cited to The Tale of Genji (c. 1001-1014).[1]
Prefix edit
Etymology 4 edit
From Old Japanese. Only persists in stems. No longer productive in Modern Japanese.
Suffix edit
- forms 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi, “-na adjectives”) from stems, indicating the state or feeling of an object
Usage notes edit
- May attach directly to a root.
- May be followed in turn by -i adjective-forming suffix しい (-shii).
- More rarely, may be followed by -i adjective-forming suffix い (-i).
- Often follows -na adjective-forming suffixes や (ya) or ら (ra); see also やか (-yaka) and らか (-raka)
Etymology 5 edit
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Etymology 6 edit
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(This term, か, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as か, see Category:Japanese kanji read as か.) |
(The following entries are uncreated: 何, 苛, 嫁, 暇, 禍, 靴, 稼, 瓜, 禾, 伽, 迦, 嘉, 霞, 戈, 卦, 呵, 訛, 訶, 窩.)
References edit
- ^ “か”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
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