Ra (kana)
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Ra (hiragana: ら; katakana: ラ) 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 [ɾa] ⓘ. The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇻ to represent a final r sound after an a sound (アㇻ ar). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜- ら゚ in hiragana, and ラ゚ in katakana was introduced to represent [la] in the early 20th century.[according to whom?]
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transliteration | ra, la | ||
hiragana origin | 良 | ||
katakana origin | 良 | ||
Man'yōgana | 良 浪 郎 楽 羅 等 | ||
spelling kana | ラジオのラ Rajio no "ra" | ||
unicode | U+3089, U+30E9 | ||
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