Ra (kana)

ra
hiragana
katakana
transliteration ra, la
hiragana origin
katakana origin

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both versions are written with two strokes and have origins in the character 良; both characters represent the sound [ɽa]. The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇻ to represent a final r sound after an a sound (アㇻ ar).

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal r-
(ら行 ra-gyō)
Ra, La
Rā, Lā らあ, らぁ
らー, ら~
ラア, ラァ
ラー, ラ~

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ら
Stroke order in writing ら
Stroke order in writing ラ
Stroke order in writing ラ
Stroke order in writing ら
Stroke order in writing ラ

Other communicative representations

Character
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER RA KATAKANA LETTER RA HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RA KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RA
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 12425 U+3089 12521 U+30E9 65431 U+FF97 12795 U+31FB
UTF-8 227 130 137 E3 82 89 227 131 169 E3 83 A9 239 190 151 EF BE 97 227 135 187 E3 87 BB
Numeric character reference ら ら ラ ラ ラ ラ ㇻ ㇻ
Shift JIS 130 231 82 E7 131 137 83 89 215 D7
ら / ラ in Japanese Braille
ら / ラ
ra
らあ / ラー
Other kana based on Braille
りゃ / リャ
rya
りゃあ / リャー
ryā
⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)

See also

References

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