Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

ら ‎(romaji ra)

1. The hiragana syllable ら ‎(ra). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ ‎(ra). It is the thirty-ninth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行あ段 ‎(ra-gyō a-dan, “row ra, section a”).

See also

• (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

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese. Verb conjugation ending.

Suffix

ら ‎(romaji -ra)

1. (colloquial) imperfective form of the suffix る.

Etymology 3

Reading of various kanji.

Suffix

ら ‎(romaji -ra)

1. 等: pluralizing suffix, as in 彼等, そこら. Usually spelled in hiragana.

Synonyms

• 達 (たち, ​tachi)
• 供 (ども, ​domo)