Ro (hiragana: ろ, katakana: ロ) (romanised as ro) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke, katakana in three. Both represent and both originate from the Chinese character 呂. The Ainu language uses a small ㇿ to represent a final r sound after an o sound (オㇿ or).
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakanaNormal r-(ら行 ra-gyō)roろロrouroorōろう, ろぅろお, ろぉろーロウ, ロゥロオ, ロォロー
Stroke order
Other communicative representations
Braille forms ろ / 口 in Japanese Braille ろ / 口 ro ろう / 口ー rō Other kana based on Braille ろ りょ / リョ ryo りょう / リョー ryō
Computer encodings
See also
Japanese phonology
References