お

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.1.1 Homophones 2.1.2 Hiragana character 2.1.2.1 Related terms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2.2 Prefix 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Noun

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
お Unicode: U+304AKatakana: オHepburn romanization: oNihon-shiki romanization: oPolivanov cyrillization: оJapanese braille: ⠊

[edit] Syllable

お

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

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Homophones

• を

[edit] Hiragana character

お (romaji o)

1. The /o/ syllable.
2. The fifth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is え and the next character is か. The equivalent katakana character is オ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with お (o) see: Special:Allpages/お

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Alternative spellings

• ご

[edit] Prefix

お (romaji o)

1. 御: honorific prefix to make a word polite

[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Noun

お (romaji o)

1. 尾: tail, brush, train
2. 汚: dirty