Ku (kana)

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ku
Man'yōgana:	久,久
Unicode:
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/.

Strokes

Stroke order in writing く

Stroke order in writing ク

Representations in other writing systems

In Japanese Braille, く or ク is represented as:

The Wabun code for く or ク is ・・・－.