ぐ

See also: く, く゚, 〱, 〲, and ㄑ

ぐ U+3050, ぐ
HIRAGANA LETTER GU
Composition:く [U+304F] + ◌゙ [U+3099]
← く
[U+304F]
Hiragana け →
[U+3051]

Japanese

Stroke order
3 strokes

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝ]
  • IPA(key): [ŋɯ̟ᵝ] (morpheme-medial alternative pronunciation)

Etymology 1

The hiragana character く (ku) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

ぐ • (gu) 

  1. The hiragana syllable ぐ (gu). Its equivalent in katakana is グ (gu).
Usage notes

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

See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ぐ – see the following entries.
【具】3
[counter] sets (armor, furniture)
[noun] tool
[noun] means
[noun] (cooking) secondary ingredient, such as spices, seasonings, and sauces
[noun] base
[suffix] tool, ingredient
【愚】S
[adjective] foolish
[noun] foolishness, folly
[pronoun] (humble) I, me
【虞】S
[proper noun] Yu (a legendary ancient Chinese dynasty, founded by Shun)
[proper noun] A surname in Chinese
(This term, ぐ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぐ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぐ.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 五.)

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