ら
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| Character | ら |
|---|---|
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER RA |
| Codepoint | U+3089 |
See also ち
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[edit] Etymology
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 良 in the cursive sōsho style.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɺa/
[edit] Syllable
ら (Hepburn romanization ra)
- The hiragana syllable ら (ra), whose equivalent in katakana is ラ (ra). It is the thirty-ninth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is ら行あ段 (RA-gyō, A-dan; “row RA, section A”).
[edit] Related terms
- For a list of words starting with ら (ra) see: Special:Allpages/ら
[edit] See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ [edit]
[edit] Suffix
ら (romaji ra)
- 等: pluralizing suffix, as in 彼等, そこら. Usually written with the kana form.
- (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.
