Ru (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ru
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	留
Katakana Man'yōgana:	流
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

る, in hiragana, or ル in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke, while the katakana in two. Both represent (IPA) /ɺɯ/ (help·info).

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

[edit] Stroke order

[edit] Other communicative representations

• Braille:

  ●● －● －－

[edit] See also

• Japanese phonology