お


お U+304A, お
HIRAGANA LETTER O
← ぉ
[U+3049] 		Hiragana か →
[U+304B]

Japanese

Stroke order
See also お-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞]
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Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 於 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

お (romaji o)

  1. The hiragana syllable お (o). Its equivalent in katakana is オ (o). It is the fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is あ行お段 (a-gyō o-dan, “row a, section o”).
See also

Etymology 2

Interjection

お (rōmaji o)

  1. 諾: yes, alright, okay

Noun

お (rōmaji o)

  1. オ: a sign used in some books
  2. 尾: tail, brush, train
  3. 峰, 丘:
  4. 魚: fish
  5. 麻, 苧: the hemp or ramie plant; thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems
  6. 雄, 男, 牡, 夫: man, male
  7. 緒: cord
  8. 汚: dirty

Prefix

お (rōmaji o-)

  1. 小: small
  2. 御: honorific prefix to make a word polite
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