ク゚ヮ

See also: クヮ and グヮ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋɰᵝa̠]

Syllable

ク゚ヮ • (ngwa) 

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The katakana syllable ク゚ヮ (ngwa). Its equivalent in hiragana is く゚ゎ (ngwa).

Usage notes

[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese; this phenomenon is known as 鼻(び)濁(だく)音(おん) (bidakuon, “nasal voiced sound”). This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.