Koto (kana)

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koto
hiragana
japanese hiragana koto
katakana
japanese katakana koto
transliterationkoto
hiragana originこと
katakana originこと

Koto (hiragana: , katakana: ヿ) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent [koto]. is a combination (ligature) of the hiragana graphs of ko (こ) and to (と), while ヿ originates from the Chinese character こと.

The katakana koto is as a shorthand used in shinkatakana (片仮名かたかな) (an obsolete writing style that exclusively used katakana instead of hiragana).[1][2]

In Unicode[edit]

Character information
Preview
Unicode name KATAKANA DIGRAPH KOTO
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 12543 U+30FF
UTF-8 227 131 191 E3 83 BF
Numeric character reference ヿ ヿ
JIS X 0213 34 56 22 38

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 福澤ふくさわ諭吉ゆきち; 中上川なかみがわ彦次郎ひこじろう [in Japanese] (1882-05-13). 帝室ていしつろん [imperial theory]. 時事新報じじしんぽうしゃ. ndljp:783521/3.
  2. ^ "鐵道てつどうりゃくそく - Wikisource". ja.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.