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コ (ko), katakana basic

ko

カ row · o column

katakanabasic2 strokes

Stroke order

hiragana counterpart

Variants

Similar characters

Words with コ

coffee
coat

How to remember it

Three sides of a box leave the left side open. Imagine a container seen from the side: ko.

Where it comes from

コ comes from part of 己. The simplified shape has an open left side.