る゚
See also: る
Japanese edit
Etymology edit
The character る with a handakuten.
Pronunciation edit
Syllable edit
- (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable る゚ (lu). Its equivalent in katakana is ル゚ (lu).
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.