ろ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Suffix 2.3.1 Derived 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
ろ Unicode: U+308DKatakana: ロHepburn romanization: roNihon-shiki romanization: roPolivanov cyrillization: роJapanese braille: ⠚

[edit] Syllable

ろ

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

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hiragana character

ろ (romaji ro)

1. The /ro/ syllable.
2. The forty-third character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is れ and the next character is わ. The equivalent katakana character is ロ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ろ (ro) see: Special:Allpages/ろ

[edit] Suffix

ろ (romaji ro)

1. attaches to nouns

[edit] Derived terms

• 妹ろ (imoro)
• 子ろ (koro)
• 尾ろ (oro)
• 峰ろ (oro)
• 緒ろ (oro)
• 大蛇 (orochi)
• 夫ろ, 兄ろ (sero)