Ro (kana)

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The hiragana ろ.

The katakana ロ.

	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

ろ, in hiragana, or ロ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Hiragana is written in one stroke, while katakana in three. Their pronunciation is (IPA) [ɺ̠o] listen (help·info). Both have origins from the Chinese character 呂.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	ro	ろ	ロ
	rou roo rō, roh	ろう, ろぅ ろお, ろぉ ろー	ロウ, ロゥ ロオ, ロォ ロー

[edit] See also

• Japanese phonology