こ

See also: ご, こ゚, and ح
Category:Character boxes with images#*0000012371
こ U+3053, こ
HIRAGANA LETTER KO
← げ
[U+3052] 		HiraganaCategory:Hiragana block#*0000012371 ご →
[U+3054]
Category:Hiragana script characters#%20こ

Japanese

Stroke order
2 strokes

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent#こ

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

こ • (koCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#こCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#こ) Category:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese syllables#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

  1. The hiragana syllable こ (ko). Its equivalent in katakana is コ (ko). It is the tenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行お段 (ka-gyō o-dan, “row ka, section o”).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of こ – see the following entries.
【戸】2 Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese counters#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese counters#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] houses; apartments
[noun] door
[noun] The smallest administrative division under the ritsuryō system of governance.
[counter] house; apartment
[counter] household; family
【故】5 Category:Japanese prefixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese affixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[prefix] the deceased, late
[affix] old; past; former
【個】5 Category:Japanese counters#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[counter] item, article, thing
Alternative spellings
㐰, 箇
【呼】6 Category:Japanese affixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese affixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese affixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[affix] to breathe out, to exhale, to sigh
[affix] to shout, to yell
[affix] to call (someone), to address
【孤】S Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese adjectives#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] an orphan
[noun] solitude
[adjective] solitary
【弧】S Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] arc
【顧】S Category:Japanese counters#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese counters#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[counter] looks back, double-takes (often as 一(いっ)顧(こ) (ikko))
[counter] (figurative, chiefly in the negative) care, concern; amount one cares
Alternative spelling
コ
【袴】J Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] (rare) hakama: a type of traditional Japanese trousers
[noun] (rare) momohiki: traditional Japanese closefitting workman's trousers
[noun] (historical, military): prior to World War II, the general term for trousers in the Imperial Japanese Army
【壺】H Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
Alternative spelling
壷
【蠱】H Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] the eighteenth of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching ䷑
(This term, こ (ko), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as こ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こ.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 古, 庫, 湖, 固, 己, 股, 虎, 枯, 虚, 雇, 誇, 鼓, 錮, 乎, 胡, 糊, 姑, 沽, 狐, 扈.)Category:Japanese redlinks/ja-see#こCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

Etymology 3

Native.

For pronunciation and definitions of こ – see the following entries.
【子】1 Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese prefixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese suffixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese suffixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese suffixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese suffixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese proper nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] a child
[noun] (figuratively) a girl, especially a dear or desired one (compare use of English baby, babe)
[noun] (endearing) creature
[noun] a smaller or younger version of a bigger object
[noun] (hanafuda, card games, by extension, board games, gambling) person who is dealt cards
[prefix] an object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object
[suffix] suffix used in female given names, such as 智子 (​Tomoko), 英子 (​Eiko), 秀子 (​Hideko), 美奈子 (​Minako), 有希子 (​Yukiko)
[suffix] (rare) suffix used in male given names
[suffix] an object having a particular state or property (sometimes diminutive)
[suffix] roe (only when preceded by a fish name, or fish-related prefix)
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spellings
児, 娘
【小】1 Category:Japanese prefixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese prefixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese prefixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese prefixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[prefix] less in size or quantity, small, little, short
[prefix] less in intensity, small, light, slight
[prefix] of secondary importance, secondary, sub-
[prefix] infant
【粉】5 Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] [from 759] powder
[noun] [from 759] flour
【籠】S Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] a basket, especially one made of bamboo
[noun] short for 伏籠 (fusego): a clothes airer, or chicken coop
Alternative spelling
篭
【木】1 Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] Combining form of 木 (き, ki): tree; wood
Alternative spelling
樹
【濃】S Category:Japanese prefixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[prefix] dark color
【海鼠】 Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] (obsolete) sea cucumber
【蚕】6 Category:Japanese nouns#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[noun] (obsolete) silkworm
【処】6 Category:Japanese suffixes#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こ
[suffix] (not productive) place
(This term, こ (ko), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as こ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こ.)
Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

Etymology 4

Pronoun

こ • (koCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#こCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#こ) Category:Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#こCategory:Japanese pronouns#こCategory:Japanese hiragana#こCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

  1. 此: (derogatory) you
  2. 是: (humble) you

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

From Proto-JaponicCategory:Old Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#こCategory:Old Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic#こ *kə.

Pronoun

こ (ko₂)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Old Japanese pronouns#こCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

  1. this
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-JaponicCategory:Old Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#こCategory:Old Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic#こ *kə.

Noun

こ (ko₂)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Old Japanese nouns#こCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

  1. (in compounds only) place
Derived terms

Etymology 3

The reading of various spellings.

Noun

こ (ko₁)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Old Japanese pronouns#こCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

  1. 籠: basket
  2. 子: child; a diminutive noun
  3. 蚕: silkworm
  4. 粉: flour

Prefix

こ (ko₁-)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Old Japanese prefixes#こCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

  1. 濃: deep
  2. 小: small

Etymology 4

The reading of various spellings.

Noun

こ (ko₂)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#こCategory:Old Japanese nouns#こCategory:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#こCategory:Pages with entries#こCategory:Pages with 2 entries#こ

  1. 木: tree, wood
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