Ru (kana)

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The hiragana る.

The katakana ル.

	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

る, in hiragana, or ル in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke, while the katakana in two. The pronunciation is (IPA) [ɺ̠ɯ] listen (help·info).

Also note that, as in the other -u kana, the 'u' sound is very subtle; unless well-articulated, this kana sounds fairly close to 'r' alone.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	ru	る	ル
	ruu rū	るう, るぅ るー	ルウ, ルゥ ルー

[edit] See also

• Japanese phonology