Ra (hiragana: ら; katakana: ラ) 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 the sound . The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇻ to represent a final r sound after an a sound (アㇻ ar).

FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakanaNormal r-(ら行 ra-gyō)raらラraarāらあらーラアラー

Stroke order

Other communicative representations

Braille forms ら / ラ in Japanese Braille ら / ラ ra らあ / ラー rā Other kana based on Braille ら りゃ / リャ rya りゃあ / リャー ryā

Computer encodings

See also Japanese phonology

References The Compact Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary, (Andrew N Nelson, John H Haig) Tuttle Publishing, 1999