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U+304F, く
HIRAGANA LETTER KU

Hiragana

Japanese

Stroke order
1 stroke

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

(ku

  1. The hiragana syllable (ku). Its equivalent in katakana is (ku). It is the eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (ka-gyō u-dan, row ka, section u).
Usage notes

Do not confuse it with the kana iteration mark which is sometimes used in vertical text.

Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entries.
1
nine
ninth
nine
the ninth
Alternative spelling
1
(Buddhism) the mouth
(Buddhism) (by extension) one's speech, one's words
the mouthpiece of a flute
used to count people
used to count per-person portions
used to count open-mouthed containers
used to count bladed weapons or tools
3
ward, section, district
3
suffering
(Buddhism) dukkha
5
a short section from a longer text:
a phrase or clause
a sentence or line
a passage or paragraph
a verse from a song
a stanza from a poem
counter for stanzas from a poem or for haiku
J
carpenter's square
square (shape)
rule; law
(astronomy) quadrature
H
body
counter for Buddhist images
(This term, (ku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as , see Category:Japanese kanji read as く.)

(The following entries are uncreated: , , , , , , .)

Etymology 3

Some obsolete inflections.

Verb

(ku

  1. : disappear
  2. : come

Etymology 4

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Alternative spelling
(obsolete)

/-u aku//-ru aku//-ki aku//(-a)ku//-raku//-keku/

Originally a compound of the 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei) of verbs and adjectives and (あく) (aku); 上代特殊仮名遣 (jōdai tokushu kanazukai) contractions of vowel clusters caused it to be reanalyzed as the suffixes:

The use of this nominalizer is called 語法(ごほう) (ku-gohō).

Alternative forms

Suffix

(-ku

  1. (obsolete) A nominalizing suffix in Old Japanese.
Usage notes
Derived terms