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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana 呂 cursive sōsho
ろ • (ro
The hiragana syllable ろ ( ro ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ロ ( ro ) . It is the forty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行 お段 ( ra-gyō o-dan , “ row ra , section o ” ) . (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 ろ • (-ro
( endearing ) denotes endearment
For pronunciation and definitions of ろ – see the following entries.
(This term, ろ ( ro ) , is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as ろ , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ろ .)
