ろ

See also: る, ろ゚, and Ӡ

ろ U+308D, ろ HIRAGANA LETTER RO ← れ [U+308C] Hiragana ゎ → [U+308E]

Japanese

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞]

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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ろ • (ro) 

1. The hiragana syllable ろ (ro). Its equivalent in katakana is ロ (ro). It is the forty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行お段 (ra-gyō o-dan, “row ra, section o”).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Noun

ろ • (ro) 

1. 炉: furnace, kiln

Suffix

ろ • (-ro) 

1. (endearing) denotes endearment

Derived terms

• 妹(いも)ろ (imoro)
• 子(こ)ろ (koro)
• 尾(お)ろ (oro)
• 峰(お)ろ (oro)
• 緒(お)ろ (oro)
• 夫(せ)ろ (sero), 兄(せ)ろ (sero)