ら

See also: ち

ら U+3089, ら
HIRAGANA LETTER RA
← よ
[U+3088] 		Hiragana り →
[U+308A]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠]
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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ら (romaji ra)

  1. The hiragana syllable ら (ra). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ (ra). It is the thirty-ninth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行あ段 (ra-gyō a-dan, “row ra, section a”).
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending.

Suffix

ら (rōmaji -ra)

  1. (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.

Etymology 3

Reading of various kanji.

Suffix

ら (rōmaji -ra)

  1. 等: pluralizing suffix, as in 彼等, そこら. Usually spelled in hiragana.
Synonyms
  • 達 (たち, ​tachi)
  • 供 (ども, ​domo)
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