Hiragana & Katakana · Hiragana: ra, wa, n

ら

ra

Stroke order of hiragana ら

ら is written with 2 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A RAbbit sitting with one ear flopped over: RA.

Origin: from the kanji 良 (good), written cursively

Example word

らいねん

next year

More words: Hiragana: ra, wa, n

りri るru れre ろro わwa をwo (said “o”; the object particle)んn (the only lone consonant)

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