Ka (kana)
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| transliteration | ka | |||
| translit. with dakuten | ga | |||
| translit. with handakuten | (nga) | |||
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| katakana origin | ||||
| spelling kana | 為替のカ (Kawase no "ka") |
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か, in hiragana, or カ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ka]. The shapes of these kana both originate from 加.
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 used to denote the focus of attention in a sentence, especially to the grammatical subject.
[Supplementary explanation] Historical usage in Yōon くゎ Current usage in か .
The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:
The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:
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