ろ゚

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Japanese

Etymology

The character with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞]

Syllable

ろ゚ • (lo

  1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable ろ゚ (lo). Its equivalent in katakana is ロ゚ (lo).

Usage notes

[l] is an allophonic variation of /r/ in Japanese. This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.

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