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]

• Audio:

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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 • (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 あ゙	かゕ がか゚	さ ざさ゚	た だた゚	な	は ばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら ら゚	わゎ わ゙	ん ん゙
いぃ い゙	き ぎき゚	し じし゚	ち ぢち゚	に	ひ びぴ	み	𛀆	り り゚	ゐ𛅐 ゐ゙
うぅ ゔう゚	く ぐく゚	す ずす゚	つっ づつ゚	ぬ	ふ ぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る る゚	𛄟
えぇ え゙	けゖ げけ゚	せ ぜせ゚	て でて゚	ね	へ べぺ	め	𛀁	れ れ゚	ゑ𛅑 ゑ゙
おぉ お゙	こ𛄲 ごこ゚	そ ぞそ゚	と どと゚	の	ほ ぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ ろ゚	を𛅒 を゙
Additional symbols:   ーゝゞゝ゚ゟ

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, about

(This term, ら (ra), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ら.)