Ru (kana)

ru
hiragana
 katakana
transliteration ru
hiragana origin 留
katakana origin 流

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; the katakana in two. Both represent the sound [ɽu͍]. The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇽ to represent a final r sound after an u sound (ウㇽ ur).

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

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing る
Stroke order in writing る
Stroke order in writing ル
Stroke order in writing ル
Stroke order in writing る
Stroke order in writing ル

Other communicative representations

Character る ル ﾙ ㇽ
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER RU KATAKANA LETTER RU HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RU KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 12427 U+308B 12523 U+30EB 65433 U+FF99 12797 U+31FD
UTF-8 227 130 139 E3 82 8B 227 131 171 E3 83 AB 239 190 153 EF BE 99 227 135 189 E3 87 BD
Numeric character reference る る ル ル ﾙ ﾙ ㇽ ㇽ
Shift JIS 130 233 82 E9 131 139 83 8B 217 D9
る / ル in Japanese Braille
る / ル
ru 		るう / ルー
rū 		Other kana based on Braille る
りゅ / リュ
ryu 		りゅう / リュー
ryū
⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)

See also

Look up る or ル in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.


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