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[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
Additional symbols
Unicode: U+304AKatakana: Hepburn romanization: oNihon-shiki romanization: oPolivanov cyrillization: оJapanese braille:

[edit] Syllable

  1. The hiragana syllable at あ行お段 (row A, section O) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology 1

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

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(romaji o)

  1. The /o/ syllable.
  2. The fifth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is and the next character is . The equivalent katakana character is .
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[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Prefix

(romaji o)

  1. : honorific prefix to make a word polite

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[edit] Noun

(romaji o)

  1. : tail, brush, train
  2. : dirty