Ro (kana)
| ro | |||
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| Transliteration | ro | ||
| Hiragana origin | 呂 | ||
| Katakana origin | 呂 | ||
| Man'yōgana | 路 漏 呂 侶 | ||
| Spelling kana | ローマのロ Rōma no "ro" | ||
| Unicode | U+308D, U+30ED | ||
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| Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation | |||
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ろ, in hiragana, or ロ in katakana, (romanised as ro) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke, katakana in three. Both represent [ɾo] ⓘ and both originate from the Chinese character 呂. The Ainu language uses a small ㇿ to represent a final r sound after an o sound (オㇿ or). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜ – ろ゚ in hiragana and ロ゚ in katakana – was introduced to represent [lo] in the early 20th century.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō) |
ro | ろ | ロ |
| rou roo rō |
ろう, ろぅ ろお, ろぉ ろー |
ロウ, ロゥ ロオ, ロォ ロー |