Ro (kana)


, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke, katakana in three. Both represent and both originate from the Chinese character 呂. The Ainu language uses a small ㇿ to represent a final r sound after an o sound.
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal r-
Ro
Normal r-
Rou
Roo
, roh
ろう
ろお
ろー
ロウ
ロオ
ロー

Stroke order

Other communicative representations