# Ka (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
| | | | n | | | | | | |
Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
Ka (hiragana: か, katakana: カ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ka]. The shapes of these kana both originate from 加.
The character can be combined with a dakuten, to form が in hiragana, ガ in katakana and ga in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value of the modified character is [ɡa] in initial positions and varying between [ŋa] and [ɣa] in the middle of words.
A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ka in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation [ŋa].
か is the most commonly used interrogatory particle. It is also sometimes used to delimit choices.
が is a Japanese case marker, as well as a conjunctive particle. It is used to denote the focus of attention in a sentence, especially to the grammatical subject.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō) | ka | か | カ |
| Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō) | kaa kā | かあ, かぁ かー | カア, カァ カー |
| Addition of dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō) | ga | が | ガ |
| Addition of dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō) | gaa gā | があ, がぁ がー | ガア, ガァ ガー |

## Stroke order

| Stroke order in writing か | Stroke order in writing カ |
The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:
* A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
* A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
* A small curved line on the right.
The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:
* A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
* A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 為替のカ Kawase no "Ka" | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-16 Japanese Braille |

### Braille representation

| か / カ in Japanese Braille | か / カ in Japanese Braille | か / カ in Japanese Braille | か / カ in Japanese Braille | Other kana based on Braille か | Other kana based on Braille か | Other kana based on Braille か | Other kana based on Braille か |
| か / カ ka | が / ガ ga | かあ / カー kā | があ / ガー gā | きゃ / キャ kya | ぎゃ / ギャ gya | きゃあ / キャー kyā | ぎゃあ / ギャー gyā |

### Computer encodings

Character information :
| Preview | か | か | カ | カ | ｶ | ｶ | ゕ | ゕ | ヵ | ヵ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER KA | HIRAGANA LETTER KA | KATAKANA LETTER KA | KATAKANA LETTER KA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KA | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KA | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KA | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KA | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KA |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12363 | U+304B | 12459 | U+30AB | 65398 | U+FF76 | 12437 | U+3095 | 12533 | U+30F5 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 139 | E3 81 8B | 227 130 171 | E3 82 AB | 239 189 182 | EF BD B6 | 227 130 149 | E3 82 95 | 227 131 181 | E3 83 B5 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12363; | &#x304B; | &#12459; | &#x30AB; | &#65398; | &#xFF76; | &#12437; | &#x3095; | &#12533; | &#x30F5; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 169 | 82 A9 | 131 74 | 83 4A | 182 | B6 | | | 131 149 | 83 95 |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 169 | 82 A9 | 131 74 | 83 4A | 182 | B6 | 130 243 | 82 F3 | 131 149 | 83 95 |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 171 | A4 AB | 165 171 | A5 AB | 142 182 | 8E B6 | | | 165 245 | A5 F5 |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 171 | A4 AB | 165 171 | A5 AB | 142 182 | 8E B6 | 164 245 | A4 F5 | 165 245 | A5 F5 |
| GB 18030 | 164 171 | A4 AB | 165 171 | A5 AB | 132 49 151 56 | 84 31 97 38 | 129 57 166 55 | 81 39 A6 37 | 165 245 | A5 F5 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 171 | AA AB | 171 171 | AB AB | | | | | 171 245 | AB F5 |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 175 | C6 AF | 199 67 | C7 43 | | | | | 199 175 | C7 AF |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 198 241 | C6 F1 | 199 167 | C7 A7 | | | | | 199 241 | C7 F1 |
Character information :
| Preview | が | が | ガ | ガ | か゚ | か゚ | カ゚ | カ゚ | ㋕ | ㋕ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER GA | HIRAGANA LETTER GA | KATAKANA LETTER GA | KATAKANA LETTER GA | HIRAGANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGA | HIRAGANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGA | KATAKANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGA | KATAKANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGA | CIRCLED KATAKANA KA | CIRCLED KATAKANA KA |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12364 | U+304C | 12460 | U+30AC | 12363 12442 | U+304B+309A | 12459 12442 | U+30AB+309A | 13013 | U+32D5 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 140 | E3 81 8C | 227 130 172 | E3 82 AC | 227 129 139 227 130 154 | E3 81 8B E3 82 9A | 227 130 171 227 130 154 | E3 82 AB E3 82 9A | 227 139 149 | E3 8B 95 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12364; | &#x304C; | &#12460; | &#x30AC; | &#12363;&#12442; | &#x304B;&#x309A; | &#12459;&#12442; | &#x30AB;&#x309A; | &#13013; | &#x32D5; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 170 | 82 AA | 131 75 | 83 4B | | | | | | |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 170 | 82 AA | 131 75 | 83 4B | 130 245 | 82 F5 | 131 151 | 83 97 | | |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 172 | A4 AC | 165 172 | A5 AC | | | | | | |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 172 | A4 AC | 165 172 | A5 AC | 164 247 | A4 F7 | 165 247 | A5 F7 | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 172 | A4 AC | 165 172 | A5 AC | | | | | 129 57 210 49 | 81 39 D2 31 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 172 | AA AC | 171 172 | AB AC | | | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 176 | C6 B0 | 199 68 | C7 44 | | | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 198 242 | C6 F2 | 199 168 | C7 A8 | | | | | | |