# ガ — katakana “ga”

ガ is the katakana character for the sound “ga”. It is written with 4 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is が.

- Reading: ga
- Strokes: 4
- Hiragana: が

## How ガ sounds

ガ is カ with dakuten (゛): ka becomes ga.

## Words with ガ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ガラス | garasu | glass |
| ガス | gasu | gas |
| ガソリン | gasorin | gasoline |
| ガイド | gaido | guide |
| ガイドブック | gaidobukku | guidebook |
| ガレージ | gareeji | garage |

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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/katakana-chart/ga/. Last updated 2026-11-01.