Ra (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ra
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	良
Katakana Man'yōgana:	良
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

ら, in hiragana, or ラ in katakana, 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 (IPA) /ɺa/ (help·info)

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	ra	ら	ラ
	raa rā, rah	らあ, らぁ らー	ラア, ラァ ラー

[edit] Stroke order

[edit] Other communicative representations

• Braille:

  ●－ ●－ －－

[edit] See also

• Japanese phonology