ろ

• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞]

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

ろ (romaji ro)

1. The hiragana syllable ろ (ro). Its equivalent in katakana is ロ (ro). It is the forty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行お段 (ra-gyō o-dan, “row ra, section o”).

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

ろ (rōmaji ro)

1. 炉: furnace, kiln

ろ (rōmaji -ro)

1. attaches to nouns

• 妹 (いも)ろ (imoro)
• 子 (こ)ろ (koro)
• 尾 (お)ろ (oro)
• 峰 (お)ろ (oro)
• 緒 (お)ろ (oro)
• 大蛇 (おろち) (orochi)
• 夫 (せ)ろ (sero), 兄 (せ)ろ (sero)