Koto_(kana)

Koto (kana)

Koto (kana)

Character of the Japanese writing system

Not to be confused with Tironian et.

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 事.

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

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See also

Look up ヿ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. [1]
    福澤諭吉; 中上川彦次郎 [in Japanese] (1882-05-13). 帝室論 [imperial theory]. 時事新報社. ndljp:783521/3.
  2. [2]
    "鐵道略則 - Wikisource". ja.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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