KOH

Koh or KOH may refer to:

Chemistry

• Potassium hydroxide, formula "KOH"
• KOH test, a procedure in which potassium hydroxide is used to dissolve skin and reveal fungal cells under the microscope

People

• Koh (surname), a surname with various origins, including:
  • Xǔ (surname), a Chinese surname sometimes spelled as Koh based on its pronunciation in Southern Min dialects
  • Ko (Korean surname), occasionally spelled as Koh

People with the given name Koh include:

• Koh Gabriel Kameda (born 1975), German-Japanese concert violinist and violin teacher
• Koh Kojima or Kō Kojima (born 1928), Japanese manga artist
• Koh Masaki or Kō Masaki (1983–2013), Japanese gay pornographic film actor
• Koh Traoré (born 1989), Burkinabé born Ivorian football player
• Koh Yasuda (1907–1943), Japanese ophthalmologist, first director of Amami Wakoen Sanatorium, a leprosy sanatorium in Japan

Places

• Koh (កោះ Kaôh [kɑh]), a Thai word meaning 'island', found in names of islands of Thailand
• Koh (เกาะ), a Thai meaning 'island', found in names of islands of Thailand
• Koh (کوه), a Dari word meaning 'mountain', found in names of mountains of Afghanistan
• Koh (کوه), an Urdu loanword from Persian meaning 'mountain', found in names of mountains of Pakistan

Other

• Koh the Face Stealer, a character in Avatar: The Last Airbender
• King of the Hammers, an off-road race in Johnson Valley, California, United States

See also

• All pages with titles containing Koh
• Koh-i-Noor, a 105.6 carats (21.12 g) diamond
• Kou (disambiguation) (which might be confused due to similar pronunciation)
• KKOH, a radio station in Reno, Nevada, US