る

See also: ろ

る U+308B, る
HIRAGANA LETTER RU
← り
[U+308A] 		Hiragana れ →
[U+308C]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

る (romaji ru)

  1. The hiragana syllable る (ru). Its equivalent in katakana is ル (ru). It is the forty-first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行う段 (ra-gyō u-dan, “row ra, section u”).
See also

Etymology 2

Suffix

る (rōmaji -ru)

  1. A general method to form verbs (as a godan katsuyō verb). Much less productive than 〜する (-suru, “to do”).
    サボる
    saboru
    to skip, to play hooky; to slack off, to shirk one's duties
    ググる
    guguru
    to google
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