Hiragana & Katakana · Hiragana: ra, wa, n

ろ

ro

Stroke order of hiragana ろ

ろ is written with 1 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A ROad that zigzags with no loop at the end: RO.

Origin: from the kanji 呂 (spine, backbone), written cursively

Example word

ろうそく

candle

More words: Hiragana: ra, wa, n

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

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