Ka (kana)

Ka (hiragana: か, katakana: カ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ka]. The shapes of these kana both originate from 加.

For the Chinese character, see 力.
ka
hiragana
japanese hiragana ka		 katakana
japanese katakana ka
transliterationka
translit. with dakutenga
translit. with handakuten(nga)
hiragana origin加
katakana origin加
Man'yōgana可 何 加 架 香 蚊 迦
Voiced Man'yōgana我 何 賀
spelling kana為替のカ
(Kawase no "ka")
kana gojūon
warayamahanatasakaa
wiriyimihinichishikii
wuruyumufunutsusukuu
wereyemehenetesekee
woroyomohonotosokoo
n
Kana modifiers and marks
Multi-syllabic kana

The character can be combined with a dakuten, to form が in hiragana, ガ in katakana and ga in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value of the modified character is [ɡa] in initial positions and varying between [ŋa] and [ɣa] in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ka in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation [ŋa].

か is the most commonly used interrogatory particle. It is also sometimes used to delimit choices.

が is a Japanese case marker, as well as a conjunctive particle. It is used to denote the focus of attention in a sentence, especially to the grammatical subject.

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal k-
(か行 ka-gyō)		 ka か カ
kaa
kā		 かあ, かぁ
かー		 カア, カァ
カー
Addition of dakuten g-
(が行 ga-gyō)		 ga が ガ
gaa
gā		 があ, がぁ
がー		 ガア, ガァ
ガー

Stroke order
Stroke order in writing か
Stroke order in writing か
Stroke order in writing カ
Stroke order in writing か
Stroke order in writing か

The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:

  1. A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
  2. A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
  3. A small curved line on the right.
Stroke order in writing カ
Stroke order in writing カ

The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:

  1. A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
  2. A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.

Other communicative representations

Braille representation
か / カ in Japanese BrailleOther kana based on Braille か
か / カ
ka		が / ガ
ga		かあ / カー
kā		があ / ガー
gā		きゃ / キャ
kya		ぎゃ / ギャ
gya		きゃあ / キャー
kyā		ぎゃあ / ギャー
gyā
⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)

Computer encodings
Character information
Previewかカｶゕヵ
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER KA KATAKANA LETTER KA HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KA HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KA KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12363U+304B12459U+30AB65398U+FF7612437U+309512533U+30F5
UTF-8227 129 139E3 81 8B227 130 171E3 82 AB239 189 182EF BD B6227 130 149E3 82 95227 131 181E3 83 B5
Numeric character referenceかかカカｶｶゕゕヵヵ
Shift JIS (plain)[1]130 16982 A9131 7483 4A182B6131 14983 95
Shift JIS-2004[2]130 16982 A9131 7483 4A182B6130 24382 F3131 14983 95
EUC-JP (plain)[3]164 171A4 AB165 171A5 AB142 1828E B6165 245A5 F5
EUC-JIS-2004[4]164 171A4 AB165 171A5 AB142 1828E B6164 245A4 F5165 245A5 F5
GB 18030[5]164 171A4 AB165 171A5 AB132 49 151 5684 31 97 38129 57 166 5581 39 A6 37165 245A5 F5
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 171AA AB171 171AB AB171 245AB F5
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 175C6 AF199 67C7 43199 175C7 AF
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]198 241C6 F1199 167C7 A7199 241C7 F1
Character information
Previewがガか゚カ゚㋕
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER GA KATAKANA LETTER GA HIRAGANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGA[10] KATAKANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGA[10] CIRCLED KATAKANA KA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12364U+304C12460U+30AC12363 12442U+304B+309A12459 12442U+30AB+309A13013U+32D5
UTF-8227 129 140E3 81 8C227 130 172E3 82 AC227 129 139 227 130 154E3 81 8B E3 82 9A227 130 171 227 130 154E3 82 AB E3 82 9A227 139 149E3 8B 95
Numeric character referenceががガガか゚か゚カ゚カ゚㋕㋕
Shift JIS (plain)[1]130 17082 AA131 7583 4B
Shift JIS-2004[2]130 17082 AA131 7583 4B130 24582 F5131 15183 97
EUC-JP (plain)[3]164 172A4 AC165 172A5 AC
EUC-JIS-2004[4]164 172A4 AC165 172A5 AC164 247A4 F7165 247A5 F7
GB 18030[5]164 172A4 AC165 172A5 AC129 57 210 4981 39 D2 31
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 172AA AC171 172AB AC
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 176C6 B0199 68C7 44
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]198 242C6 F2199 168C7 A8

References
  1. Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-03-08]. "Shift-JIS to Unicode".
  2. Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "Shift_JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 1) vs Unicode mapping table".
  3. Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  4. Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "EUC-JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 3) vs Unicode mapping table".
  5. Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  6. Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  7. Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  8. Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
  9. van Kesteren, Anne. "big5". Encoding Standard. WHATWG.
  10. Unicode Consortium. "Unicode Named Character Sequences". Unicode Character Database.

See also
Look up か, が, カ, ガ, ゕ, or ヵ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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