ロ゚

See also: ロ

Japanese

Etymology

The character ロ with a handakuten

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lo̞]

Syllable

ロ゚ (romaji lo)

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The katakana syllable ロ゚ (lo). Its equivalent in hiragana is ろ゚ (lo)

Usage notes

[l] is an allophonic variation of /r/ in Japanese. This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.

See also

• ら゚, ラ゚ (la); り゚, リ゚ (li); る゚, ル゚ (lu); れ゚, レ゚ (le)