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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 己 in the cursive sōsho style.
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こ • (ko)
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1. The hiragana syllable こ ‎(ko‎). Its equivalent in katakana is コ ‎(ko‎). It is the tenth syllable in
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the gojūon order; its position is か行お段 ‎(ka-gyō o-dan, “row ka, section o”‎).
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(Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲ご,
中文 さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はば
ぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚,
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りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ,
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Etymology 2 ​[ edit ]

For pronunciation and definitions of こ – see the following entries.

【戸】2 [noun] houses; apartments

[noun] door
[noun] The smallest administrative division under the ritsuryō system of
governance.
[counter] house; apartment
[counter] household; family

【故】5 [prefix] the deceased, late

[affix] old; past; former

【個】5 [counter] item, article, thing

【呼】6 [affix] to breathe out, to exhale, to sigh

[affix] to shout, to yell
[affix] to call (someone), to address

【孤】S [noun] an orphan

[noun] solitude
[adjective] solitary

【弧】S [noun] arc

【顧】S
いっ こ
[counter] looks back, double-takes (often as 一 顧 ‎(ikko‎))
[counter] (figurative, chiefly in the negative) care, concern; amount one cares
Alternative spelling
コ

【袴】J [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 [noun]
alcohol)
hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store

Alternative spelling
壷

(This term, こ, 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 are uncreated: 古, 庫, 湖, 固, 己, 股, 虎, 枯, 虚, 雇, 誇, 鼓, 錮, 乎, 胡, 糊, 姑, 沽, 狐, 扈, 蠱.)

Etymology 3 ​[ edit ]

Native.

For pronunciation and definitions of こ – see the following entries.

【子】1 [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)
[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 [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 [noun] [from 759] powder

[noun] [from 759] flour

【籠】S [noun] a basket, especially one made of bamboo

[noun] Short for 伏せ籠 ‎(fusego‎): a chicken or hen coop

【木】1 [noun] Combining form of 木 ‎(き, ki‎): tree; wood

【濃】S [prefix] dark color

【海鼠】 [noun] (obsolete) a sea cucumber

【蚕】6 [noun] (obsolete) silkworm

【処】6 [suffix] (not productive) place

(This term, こ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

For a list of all kanji read as こ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こ.)

Etymology 4 ​[ edit ]

Pronoun ​[ edit ]

こ • (ko)
1. 此: (derogatory) you
2. 是: (humble) you

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