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.

“KA” in Katana. Our first non-vowel Kana look nearly identical to each other. These characters represent the “ka” sound in “Katana” or “Katakana”, which is convenient, because those are both Japanese words.

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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.

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か, in hiragana, or カ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The shapes of these kana both originate from 加. Mnemonic 1: This character is similar to the hiragana ‘ka’. Imagine a man having bad ‘karma’ and his right hand melting. Mnemonic 2: Remember the ‘camel’ from the second mnemonic of the hiragana for ‘ka’.

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