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Etymology edit

The character with a handakuten.

Pronunciation edit

Syllable edit

ら゚ (la

  1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable ら゚ (la). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ゚ (la).

Usage notes edit

[l] is an allophonic variation of /r/ in Japanese. This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.

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