# グ — katakana “gu”

グ is the katakana character for the sound “gu”. It is written with 4 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is ぐ.

- Reading: gu
- Strokes: 4
- Hiragana: ぐ

## How グ sounds

グ is ク with dakuten (゛): ku becomes gu.

## Words with グ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| グループ | guruupu | group |
| グラス | gurasu | glass |
| グリーン | guriin | green |
| グラウンド | guraundo | sports ground |
| バッグ | baggu | bag |
| ジョギング | jogingu | jogging |

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