See also: and ロ゚

U+30ED, ロ
KATAKANA LETTER RO

[U+30EC]
Katakana
[U+30EE]
U+32FA, ㋺
CIRCLED KATAKANA RO

[U+32F9]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+32FB]
U+FF9B, ロ
HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RO

[U+FF9A]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF9C]

Japanese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞]
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Etymology 1

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Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji .

Syllable

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(ro

  1. The katakana syllable (ro). Its equivalent in hiragana is (ro). It is the forty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (ra-gyō o-dan, row ra, section o).
Usage notes
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The katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of gairaigo (loan words), as well as to represent onomatopoeias, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. It is also occasionally used in some words for emphasis, or to ease reading; katakana may be preferred for words becoming buried in the text if they are written under their canonical form in hiragana. Names of Japanese companies, as well as certain Japanese language words such as colloquial terms, are also sometimes written in katakana rather than the other systems. Formerly, female given names were often written in katakana.[edit]

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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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(Ro

  1. short form for Russia or Russian, Russo- (prefix), short form of ロシア (Roshia), also written in kanji: (ろ, Ro).

Etymology 3

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From the traditional iroha ordering (いろは順) of kana.

Noun

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(ro

  1. si (musical note)
    Coordinate terms: , , , , , ,