Ru (kana)

ru
transliteration ru
hiragana origin
katakana origin

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke; the katakana in two. Both represent the sound [ɾɯ] ( listen). The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇽ to represent a final r sound after an u sound (ウㇽ ur).

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal r-
(ら行 ra-gyō)
Ru
ruu
るう, るぅ
るー
ルウ, ルゥ
ルー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing る
Stroke order in writing る
Stroke order in writing ル
Stroke order in writing ル
Stroke order in writing る
Stroke order in writing ル

Other communicative representations

Character
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER RUKATAKANA LETTER RUHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RUKATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12427U+308B12523U+30EB65433U+FF9912797U+31FD
UTF-8227 130 139E3 82 8B227 131 171E3 83 AB239 190 153EF BE 99227 135 189E3 87 BD
Numeric character referenceるるルルルルㇽㇽ
Shift JIS130 23382 E9131 13983 8B217D9
  • Braille
る / ル in Japanese Braille
る / ル
ru
るう / ルー
Other kana based on Braille
りゅ / リュ
ryu
りゅう / リュー
ryū
⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) 

See also


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