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[edit] Translingual

The Katakana script
Katakana halfwidth syllables
Additional symbols
Unicode: U+30A9Hiragana:

[edit] Syllable

  1. The katakana syllable in small form.

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology

From  (o).

[edit] Katakana character

  1. Small combining form of katakana  (o) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous katakana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.
    - the sound [ɸo] rather than [ɸu] () or [ho] ()
    シフォン - transliteration of French chiffon

[edit] Related terms

  • (hiragana small o)
  • (full-size o)
In other languages