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| transliteration | koto | ||
| hiragana origin | こと | ||
| katakana origin | 事 | ||
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Koto (hiragana: &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Hiragana_koto.svg){kind=small}
, katakana: ヿ) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent [koto]. is a combination (ligature) of the hiragana graphs of ko (こ) and to (と), while ヿ originates from the Chinese character 事.
The katakana koto is as a shorthand used in shinkatakana (真片仮名) (an obsolete writing style that exclusively used katakana instead of hiragana).[1][2]
- ^ 福澤諭吉; 中上川彦次郎 [in Japanese] (1882-05-13). 帝室論 [imperial theory] (in Japanese). 時事新報社. doi:10.11501/783521. ndldm:783521.
- ^ "鐵道略則 - Wikisource". ja.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.