ら

See also: ち, 5, and ら゚

ら U+3089, ら HIRAGANA LETTER RA ← よ [U+3088] Hiragana り → [U+308A]

Japanese

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠]

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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ら (romaji ra)

1. The hiragana syllable ら (ra). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ (ra). It is the thirty-ninth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行あ段 (ra-gyō a-dan, “row ra, section a”).

See also

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕがか゚	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	らら゚	わゎわ゙	ん
いぃ	きぎき゚	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み	𛀆	りり゚	ゐ𛅐ゐ゙
うぅゔ	くぐく゚	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	るる゚	𛄟
えぇ	けゖげけ゚	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め	𛀁	れれ゚	ゑ𛅑ゑ゙
おぉ	こごこ゚	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろろ゚	を𛅒を゙
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending.

Suffix

ら • (-ra) 

1. (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of ら – see the following entry.

【等】3 [suffix] pluralizer [suffix] qualifier, softener: around abouts

(This term, ら, is an alternative spelling of the above term. For a list of all kanji read as ら, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ら.)