ぐ

See also: く, く゚, 〱, 〲, and ㄑ

ぐ U+3050, ぐ HIRAGANA LETTER GU Composition: く [U+304F] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← く [U+304F] Hiragana け → [U+3051]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟]

• IPA^(key): [ŋɯ̟ᵝ] (morpheme-medial alternative pronunciation)

Etymology 1

The hiragana character く (ku) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

ぐ • (gu) 

1. The hiragana syllable ぐ (gu). Its equivalent in katakana is グ (gu).

Usage notes

Do not confuse it with the voiced kana iteration mark 〲 which is sometimes used in vertical text.

See also

• (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 (𛄲)ご, 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, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

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

【具】3 [counter] sets (armor, furniture) [noun] tool [noun] means [noun] (cooking) secondary ingredient, such as spices, seasonings, and sauces [noun] base [suffix] tool, ingredient

【愚】S [adjective] foolish [noun] foolishness, folly [pronoun] (humble) I, me

【虞】S [proper noun] Yu (a legendary ancient Chinese dynasty, founded by Shun) [proper noun] An orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname 虞 (yú), Yu

(This term, ぐ (gu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ぐ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぐ.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 五.)