こ, in hiragana or コ in

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fro ...

, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent . The shape of these kana comes from the kanji 己. This character may be supplemented by a dakuten; it becomes ご in hiragana, ゴ in katakana and ''go'' in Hepburn romanization. Also, the pronunciation is affected, transforming into in initial positions and varying between and in the middle of words. A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ''ko'' in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a

nasal Nasal is an adjective referring to the nose, part of human or animal anatomy. It may also be shorthand for the following uses in combination: * With reference to the human nose: ** Nasal administration, a method of pharmaceutical drug delivery * ...

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