ら

See also: ち, 5, and ら゚

ら U+3089, ら
HIRAGANA LETTER RA
← よ
[U+3088] 		Hiragana り →
[U+308A]

Japanese
Stroke order
2 strokes

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠]
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Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 良 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

ら (romaji ra)

  1. The hiragana syllable ら (ra). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ (ra). It is the thirty-ninth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行あ段 (ra-gyō a-dan, “row ra, section a”).
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending.

Suffix

ら • (-ra) 

  1. (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of ら – see the following entry.
【等】3
[suffix] pluralizer
[suffix] qualifier, softener: around abouts
(This term, ら, is an alternative spelling of the above term.
For a list of all kanji read as ら, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ら.)
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