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Character  ぉ 
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL O
Codepoint U+3049

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Japanese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Small form of the hiragana character  (o).

Combining form [edit]

  1. Small combining form of hiragana  (o) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.
    - the sound [ɸo] rather than [ɸu] () or [ho] ()
    しふぉん - transliteration of French chiffon

Related terms [edit]

  • (katakana small o)
  • (full-size o)

See also [edit]