か゚

See also: か, が, and ゕ

Japanese

Etymology

The character か (ka) with a 半濁点 (handakuten, “half-voiced mark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋa̠]

Syllable

か゚ • (nga) 

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable か゚ (nga). Its equivalent in katakana is カ゚ (nga).

Usage notes

[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese; this phenomenon is known as 鼻(び)濁(だく)音(おん) (bidakuon, “nasal voiced sound”). This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.

See also

The Hiragana script
あぁあ゙	かゕがか゚	さざさ゚	ただた゚	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	らら゚	わゎわ゙	んん゙
いぃい゙	きぎき゚	しじし゚	ちぢち゚	に	ひびぴ	み	𛀆	りり゚	ゐ𛅐ゐ゙
うぅゔう゚	くぐく゚	すずす゚	つっづつ゚	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	るる゚	𛄟
えぇえ゙	けゖげけ゚	せぜせ゚	てでて゚	ね	へべぺ	め	𛀁	れれ゚	ゑ𛅑ゑ゙
おぉお゙	こ𛄲ごこ゚	そぞそ゚	とどと゚	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろろ゚	を𛅒を゙
Additional symbols ーゝゞゝ゚ゟ