る

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms

[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
る Unicode: U+308BKatakana: ルHepburn romanization: ruNihon-shiki romanization: ruPolivanov cyrillization: руJapanese braille: ⠙

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る

1. The hiragana syllable at ら行う段 (row RA, section U) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

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る (romaji ru)

1. The /ɺu/ syllable.
2. The forty-first character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is り and the next character is れ. The equivalent katakana character is ル.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with る (ru) see: Special:Allpages/る