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ら — hiragana “ra”

ら is the hiragana character for the sound “ra”. It is written with 2 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ラ.

ら
Stroke order of ら (ra)
Reading
ra
Script
hiragana
Strokes
2
Row
the ら row
Katakana
ラ

How to write ら

Follow the numbers on the diagram: each stroke starts at its number. Keep to this order, because that is how your hand remembers the shape.

How ら sounds

The Japanese r is one light tap of the tongue, somewhere between r, l and d.

Don't confuse it with

Words with ら

WordReadingMeaning
らいしゅうraishuunext week
らいねんrainennext year
らいげつraigetsunext month
さようならsayounaragoodbye
かれらkarerathey
あたらしいatarashiinew

The whole row

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