ラ゚

See also: ラ

Japanese

Etymology

The character ラ with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la̠]

Syllable

ラ゚ (romaji la)

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

Usage notes

[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.

See also

• り゚, リ゚ (li); る゚, ル゚ (lu); れ゚, レ゚ (le); ろ゚, ロ゚ (lo)