ろ

See also: る

ろ U+308D, ろ
HIRAGANA LETTER RO
← れ
[U+308C] 		Hiragana ゎ →
[U+308E]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞]
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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ろ (romaji ro)

  1. The hiragana syllable ろ (ro). Its equivalent in katakana is ロ (ro). It is the forty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行お段 (ra-gyō o-dan, “row ra, section o”).
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

ろ (rōmaji ro)

  1. 炉: furnace, kiln

Suffix

ろ (rōmaji -ro)

  1. attaches to nouns
Derived terms
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