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ko¹

  • /ˈkəʊ/

Sounds like Co. · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

noun ko

  1. A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape. Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.
  2. ko fight Black wins the ko easily.
  3. a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

Ko²

proper noun

  1. Synonym of Fungor (“language of Sudan”).

    Similar: Fungor

Ko³

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 柯 (Kʻo¹), 葛 (Ko²), Cantonese 高 (gou1), Korean 고(高) (Go), etc.

proper noun Kos

  1. A surname from Mandarin.
  2. A surname from Cantonese.
  3. A surname from Korean.

KO⁴

Where it comes from

Initialism of knock out.

Initialism of kick-off.

noun KOs · KO's

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of knock out
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of kick-off (“the time or manner of start of play”).

verb KOs · KO's · KOing · KO'ing · KOed

  1. transitive To knock someone out; to render someone unconscious. Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.
  2. intransitive To start play.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: knockout, liang, jen, ihu, kua, sado, sayo, tou, kayo, knock-down, lights-out, stoppage, tko, flattening, wipeout, drubbing

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noun Translations

한국어패 pae
日本語コウ kō, 劫 kō
中文劫 jié

verb to knock somebody out

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@misc{ko_2026,
  title = {ko},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ko},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}