Koto (hiragana: , katakana: ã¿) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent . is a combination (ligature) of the hiragana graphs of ko (ãÂÂ) and to (ã¨), while ã¿ originates from the Chinese character äºÂ.
The katakana koto is as a shorthand used in (an obsolete writing style that exclusively used katakana instead of hiragana).