Ku (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ku
Man'yōgana:	久,久
Unicode:	U+304F
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

く, in hiragana, or ク in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. (IPA: /ku/), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) /kɯ/ and their shapes come from the kanji 久.

This character, like the rest of the second row, may have a dakuten added. This transforms the symbol into ぐ in hiragana, グ in katakana, and gu in Romaji. The dakuten's addition also changes the sound of the syllable represented, to /gɯ/.

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ku	く	ク
	kuu kū	くう, くぅ くー	クウ, クゥ クー
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	gu	ぐ	グ
	guu gū	ぐう, ぐぅ ぐー	グウ, グゥ グー

Other additional forms
Form A (q-, qw-) qa, qwa くぁ クァ qi, qwi くぃ クィ (qu, qwu) (く, くぅ) (ク, クゥ) qe, qwe くぇ クェ qo, qwo くぉ クォ	Form B (gw-) gwa ぐぁ グァ gwi ぐぃ グィ (gwu) (ぐぅ) (グゥ) gwe ぐぇ グェ gwo ぐぉ グォ

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In Japanese Braille, く or ク is represented as:

●	●
－	－
－	●

The Wabun code for く or ク is ・・・－.