U+304A, お
HIRAGANA LETTER O

[U+3049]
Hiragana
[U+304B]

Japanese

Stroke order
See also お-

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞]
  • (file)

Syllable

(romaji o)

  1. The hiragana syllable (o). Its equivalent in katakana is (o). It is the fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (a-gyō o-dan, row a, section o).
See also

Etymology 2

Interjection

(rōmaji o)

  1. : yes, alright, okay

Noun

(rōmaji o)

  1. : a sign used in some books
  2. : tail, brush, train
  3. , :
  4. : fish
  5. , : the hemp or ramie plant; thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems
  6. , , , : man, male
  7. : cord

Prefix

(rōmaji o-)

  1. : small
  2. : honorific prefix to make a word polite

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entries.
3
[affix]hate; loathe
S
[affix]dirty
(This term, , is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.)
For a list of all kanji with on'yomi , not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with on reading お.
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