# ゴ — katakana “go”

ゴ is the katakana character for the sound “go”. It is written with 4 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is ご.

- Reading: go
- Strokes: 4
- Hiragana: ご

## How ゴ sounds

ゴ is コ with dakuten (゛): ko becomes go.

## Words with ゴ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ゴルフ | gorufu | golf |
| ゴミ | gomi | rubbish |
| ゴール | gooru | goal |
| ゴリラ | gorira | gorilla |
| ゴキブリ | gokiburi | cockroach |
| ゴム | gomu | rubber |

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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/go/. Last updated 2026-11-01.