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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ro
Man'yōgana:	呂,呂
Unicode:
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

ろ, in hiragana, or ロ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke, while katakana in three. Both represent (IPA) /ɺo/ (help·info) and both have origins from the Chinese character 呂.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	ro	ろ	ロ
	rou roo rō, roh	ろう, ろぅ ろお, ろぉ ろー	ロウ, ロゥ ロオ, ロォ ロー

[edit] Strokes

[edit] Representation in other writing systems

• Braille:

  －● ●● －－

[edit] See also

• Japanese phonology