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See also: and こ゚

U+3054, ご
HIRAGANA LETTER GO
Composition: [U+3053] + ◌゙ [U+3099]

[U+3053]
Hiragana
[U+3055]

Japanese

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Stroke order
4 strokes

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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The hiragana character (ko) with a dakuten ().

Syllable

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(go

  1. The hiragana syllable (go). Its equivalent in katakana is (go).
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Etymology 2

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Reading of various kanji.

Noun

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(go

  1. : language
  2. , , : go (board game)
  3. : a specific time; death (as in "one's time has come")
  4. : a military squad (usu. of five people); a group
  5. : noon; midnight
  6. 豆油, 豆汁: a slurry of boiled and mashed soybeans used as the raw material for making tofu, dyes, and oil paints

Numeral

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(go

  1. : five
  2. : financial form of

Prefix

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(go-

  1. : honorific prefix used before on'yomi nouns
  2. : mutual

Proper noun

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(Go

  1. : Wu China

Suffix

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(-go

  1. : language of, -ese
  2. : after