お

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1.1 Homophones 1.1.2 Hiragana character 1.1.2.1 Related terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Prefix 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun

[edit] Japanese

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[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