オ

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Katakana character 1.2.1 Related terms

[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 於, taken from the left part of the character.

[edit] Katakana character

オ (romaji o)

1. The [o] phoneme, typically in words of non-Japanese origin.
2. The fifth character in the gojūon ordering of katakana. The previous character is エ and the next character is カ. The equivalent hiragana character is お.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with オ (o) see: Special:Allpages/オ