く (ku), hiragana basic
く
ku
か row · u column
hiraganabasic1 stroke
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Variants
Similar characters
Words with く
下さいくださいplease give me
車くるまcar
来るくるcome
How to remember it
くAn open beak points to the left. Imagine a cuckoo calling ku, with a short Japanese u.
Where it comes from
久く
く developed from the cursive writing of 久. The flowing form became one simple bend.