Ra (kana)


Hiragana

Katakana
Transliteration: ra
Hiragana Man'yōgana:
Katakana Man'yōgana:
kana gojūon
n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a
sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i
dakuten ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u
chōonpu we re me he ne te se ke e
wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

, in hiragana, or 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; both characters represent [ɽa] ( listen) In the Ainu language, Japanese linguists developed a small katakana ㇻ that is used to represent a final r sound after an a sound (アㇻ ar). ラ is not pronounced as rounded trilling English r. The Japanese ラ is pronounced in the middle of L and R of English.

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal r-
(ら行 ra-gyō)
ra,la
raa,laa
,lah,rah
らあ, らぁ
らー
ラア, ラァ
ラー

Stroke order

Other communicative representations

See also