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ク (ku), katakana basic

ku

カ row · u column

katakanabasic2 strokes

Stroke order

hiragana counterpart

Variants

Similar characters

Words with ク

class; group of students
taxi

How to remember it

A short stroke joins a long descending curve. Imagine a hooked beak: ku.

Where it comes from

ク comes from part of 久. Compare the more rounded hiragana く.