Ru (kana)
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For the Bopomofo character, see ㄦ.
For the Chinese character, see 儿.
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 [ɾɯ] ⓘ. The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇽ to represent a final r sound after an u sound (ウㇽ ur). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜- る゚ in hiragana, and ル゚ in katakana was introduced to represent [lu] in the early 20th century.[according to whom?]
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transliteration | ru, lu | ||
hiragana origin | 留 | ||
katakana origin | 流 | ||
Man'yōgana | 留 流 類 | ||
spelling kana | 留守居のル Rusui no "ru" | ||
unicode | U+308B, U+30EB | ||
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