# が — hiragana “ga”

が is the hiragana character for the sound “ga”. It is written with 5 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ガ.

- Reading: ga
- Strokes: 5
- Katakana: ガ

## How が sounds

が is か with dakuten (゛): ka becomes ga.

## Words with が

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| がっこう | gakkou | school |
| がくせい | gakusei | student |
| がいしゅつ | gaishutsu | going out |
| がいこく | gaikoku | foreign country |
| がまん | gaman | endurance |
| がくしゃ | gakusha | scholar |

---

From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/hiragana-chart/ga/. Last updated 2026-11-01.