Ra (kana)

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The hiragana ら.

The katakana ラ.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

ら, in hiragana, or ラ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both versions are written with two strokes and have origins in the character 良; their pronunciation is (IPA) [ɺ̠a] listen (help·info).

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	ra	ら	ラ
	raa rā, rah	らあ, らぁ らー	ラア, ラァ ラー

[edit] See also

• Japanese phonology