For the Chinese character, see
力 .
Character of the Japanese writing system
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.
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 カ
Stroke order in writing か
The Hiragana か is made with three strokes :
A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
A small curved line on the right.
Stroke order in writing カ
The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:
A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
Other communicative representations
Braille representation
か / カ in Japanese Braille
Other 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
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
Encodings
decimal
hex
dec
hex
dec
hex
dec
hex
dec
hex
Unicode
12363
U+304B
12459
U+30AB
65398
U+FF76
12437
U+3095
12533
U+30F5
UTF-8
227 129 139
E3 81 8B
227 130 171
E3 82 AB
239 189 182
EF BD B6
227 130 149
E3 82 95
227 131 181
E3 83 B5
Numeric character reference
か
か
カ
カ
カ
カ
ゕ
ゕ
ヵ
ヵ
Shift JIS (plain)[ 1]
130 169
82 A9
131 74
83 4A
182
B6
131 149
83 95
Shift JIS-2004 [ 2]
130 169
82 A9
131 74
83 4A
182
B6
130 243
82 F3
131 149
83 95
EUC-JP (plain)[ 3]
164 171
A4 AB
165 171
A5 AB
142 182
8E B6
165 245
A5 F5
EUC-JIS-2004 [ 4]
164 171
A4 AB
165 171
A5 AB
142 182
8E B6
164 245
A4 F5
165 245
A5 F5
GB 18030 [ 5]
164 171
A4 AB
165 171
A5 AB
132 49 151 56
84 31 97 38
129 57 166 55
81 39 A6 37
165 245
A5 F5
EUC-KR [ 6] / UHC [ 7]
170 171
AA AB
171 171
AB AB
171 245
AB F5
Big5 (non-ETEN kana )[ 8]
198 175
C6 AF
199 67
C7 43
199 175
C7 AF
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS )[ 9]
198 241
C6 F1
199 167
C7 A7
199 241
C7 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
Encodings
decimal
hex
dec
hex
dec
hex
dec
hex
dec
hex
Unicode
12364
U+304C
12460
U+30AC
12363 12442
U+304B+309A
12459 12442
U+30AB+309A
13013
U+32D5
UTF-8
227 129 140
E3 81 8C
227 130 172
E3 82 AC
227 129 139 227 130 154
E3 81 8B E3 82 9A
227 130 171 227 130 154
E3 82 AB E3 82 9A
227 139 149
E3 8B 95
Numeric character reference
が
が
ガ
ガ
か ゚
か ゚
カ ゚
カ ゚
㋕
㋕
Shift JIS (plain)[ 1]
130 170
82 AA
131 75
83 4B
Shift JIS-2004 [ 2]
130 170
82 AA
131 75
83 4B
130 245
82 F5
131 151
83 97
EUC-JP (plain)[ 3]
164 172
A4 AC
165 172
A5 AC
EUC-JIS-2004 [ 4]
164 172
A4 AC
165 172
A5 AC
164 247
A4 F7
165 247
A5 F7
GB 18030 [ 5]
164 172
A4 AC
165 172
A5 AC
129 57 210 49
81 39 D2 31
EUC-KR [ 6] / UHC [ 7]
170 172
AA AC
171 172
AB AC
Big5 (non-ETEN kana )[ 8]
198 176
C6 B0
199 68
C7 44
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS )[ 9]
198 242
C6 F2
199 168
C7 A8
References
See also
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