Gujarati alphabet for kids બાળકો માટે ગુજરાતી કક્કો

Gujarati alphabet chart with pictures

46 letters · tap 🔊 to hear each one.

Picture	Letter	Word	Meaning	Listen
	ક	કમળ	lotus	🔊
	ખ	ખડિયો	inkpot	🔊
	ગ	ગણપતિ	Ganesha	🔊
	ઘ	ઘર	house	🔊
	ચ	ચકલી	sparrow	🔊
	છ	છત્રી	umbrella	🔊
	જ	જમરૂખ	guava	🔊
	ઝ	ઝાડ	tree	🔊
	ટ	ટામેટું	tomato	🔊
	ઠ	ઠળિયો	fruit seed	🔊
	ડ	ડમરુ	damru drum	🔊
	ઢ	ઢોલ	dhol drum	🔊
	ણ	બાણ	arrow (word ends in ણ)	🔊
	ત	તરબૂચ	watermelon	🔊
	થ	થેલી	bag	🔊
	દ	દડો	ball	🔊
	ધ	ધજા	flag	🔊
	ન	નાળિયેર	coconut	🔊
	પ	પતંગ	kite	🔊
	ફ	ફૂલ	flower	🔊
	બ	બતક	duck	🔊
	ભ	ભમરડો	spinning top	🔊
	મ	મોર	peacock	🔊
	ય	યજ્ઞ	sacred fire	🔊
	ર	રથ	chariot	🔊
	લ	લીંબુ	lemon	🔊
	વ	વહાણ	sailing ship	🔊
	શ	શરણાઈ	shehnai	🔊
	ષ	ષટ્કોણ	hexagon	🔊
	સ	સસલું	rabbit	🔊
	હ	હરણ	deer	🔊
	ળ	નળ	tap (word ends in ળ)	🔊
	ક્ષ	ક્ષત્રિય	warrior	🔊
	જ્ઞ	જ્ઞાન	knowledge	🔊
	અ	અનાનસ	pineapple	🔊
	આ	આગગાડી	train engine	🔊
	ઇ	ઇમારત	building	🔊
	ઈ	ઈયળ	caterpillar	🔊
	ઉ	ઉંદર	mouse	🔊
	ઊ	ઊન	wool	🔊
	ઋ	ઋષિ	sage	🔊
	એ	એરોપ્લેન	aeroplane	🔊
	ઐ	ઐરાવત	Airavat elephant	🔊
	ઓ	ઓશીકું	pillow	🔊
	ઔ	ઔષધ	medicine	🔊
	અં	અંગૂઠો	thumb	🔊

The Gujarati alphabet for kids is usually called the કક્કો (kakko), after its first letter ક. On this page each letter has a picture word, the way children chant it in school: ક કમળનો ક ("ka for lotus"), ખ ખડિયાનો ખ ("kha for inkpot"), ગ ગણપતિનો ગ ("ga for Ganesha"). Tap a card to hear the letter and its word in clear audio, then play Find it and let Golu ask for letters one by one.

How many letters are in the Gujarati kakko?

The answer depends on what you count, which is why parents search for it so often. This page has 46 cards: 34 consonants, વ્યંજન (vyañjan), from ક to જ્ઞ, and 12 vowels, સ્વર (svar), from અ to અં. Some charts add ઙ and ઞ, rare nasal letters that almost never start a word, or અઃ and ઍ ઑ among the vowels, giving counts from 46 to over 50. Follow your child's school book; the letters themselves are the same.

ક્ષ (kṣa) and જ્ઞ (gna) are joined letters that are traditionally taught at the end of the kakko, and ળ is a special Gujarati "l" sound, heard in નળ (tap) and કમળ (lotus).

The kakko order and the picture chant

The consonants are grouped by where the sound is made in the mouth, five at a time: ક ખ ગ ઘ from the throat, ચ છ જ ઝ from the palate, ટ ઠ ડ ઢ ણ with the tongue curled back, ત થ દ ધ ન at the teeth and પ ફ બ ભ મ at the lips. Then come ય ર લ વ શ ષ સ હ ળ ક્ષ જ્ઞ. The picture words on the cards follow the familiar Gujarati chart: ચકલી (sparrow), છત્રી (umbrella), ઢોલ (dhol drum), તરબૂચ (watermelon), પતંગ (kite), મોર (peacock), સસલું (rabbit) and હરણ (deer).

From swar to barakhadi

After the consonants, children learn the 12 vowels: અ આ ઇ ઈ ઉ ઊ ઋ એ ઐ ઓ ઔ અં. Each vowel also has a small sign, માત્રા (mātrā), that attaches to a consonant. Putting every consonant with every sign gives the બારાખડી (bārākhaḍī, "twelve lines"):

Most children start the barakhadi around 5, once they know the kakko well. Our Hindi barakhadi grid follows exactly the same pattern, which helps children learning both languages.

Gujarati and Hindi letters

Gujarati letters are close cousins of Devanagari. The biggest visible difference is that Gujarati has no shirorekha, the line along the top. Several letters are almost identical without it, like ક and क, ગ and ग. A few look different, such as અ (अ), જ (ज) and ફ (फ). If your child reads the Hindi varnamala, play "spot the twin" with the two charts side by side.

How to teach the kakko at home

1. Chant it. ક કમળનો ક, ખ ખડિયાનો ખ: rhythm makes letters stick.
2. One row a week. Learn ક ખ ગ ઘ first, then the next group.
3. Letter hunt. Find ક on a packet of khakhra or a shop sign.
4. Trace big. Draw letters in sand, flour or with a wet finger. Gujarati letters are rounded and fun to trace.
5. Print this page. The kakko chart prints cleanly from your browser for a wall poster or colouring.

Start with the letters in your child's name. "ર for Riya, આ for Aarav": children love finding their own letters.

What to expect by age

At 3-4, children listen, chant and know 5-10 letters with pictures. At 4-5, they recognise most of the kakko and the first sound of familiar words. At 5-6, they learn the vowel signs, read barakhadi syllables and short words like ઘર and કમળ. Keep sessions to five or ten minutes, and stop while your child still wants more.

બાળકો માટે ગુજરાતી કક્કો

આ પાનાં પર દરેક અક્ષર સાથે એક ચિત્ર અને એક સરળ શબ્દ છે: ક કમળનો ક, ખ ખડિયાનો ખ, ગ ગણપતિનો ગ. બાળક અક્ષરને સ્પર્શ કરે, તેનો અવાજ સાંભળે અને પછી રમતમાં તેને શોધે.

પહેલાં વ્યંજન શીખવો, પછી સ્વર, અને પછી બારાખડી. રોજ થોડી મિનિટ કક્કો ગાઓ, રેતી કે લોટમાં આંગળીથી અક્ષર લખો, અને બાળકના નામના અક્ષરો શોધો. દરેક પ્રયત્ન પર શાબાશી આપો.

How to use this page at home

Say it, then find it

Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: gujarati words on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.

Ten minutes is enough

Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.

Use both languages

Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.