Ru (kana)

ru
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transliteration	ru
hiragana origin	留
katakana origin	流

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 [ɽu͍]. The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇽ to represent a final r sound after an u sound (ウㇽ ur).

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	Ru	る	ル
	ruu rū	るう, るぅ るー	ルウ, ルゥ ルー

Stroke order

File:Hiragana る stroke order animation.gif Stroke order in writing る

File:Katakana ル stroke order animation.gif Stroke order in writing ル

File:る-bw.png

Stroke order in writing る

File:ル-bw.png

Stroke order in writing ル

Other communicative representations

• Computer encodings

Character	る		ル		ﾙ		ㇽ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER RU		KATAKANA LETTER RU		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RU		KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12427	U+308B	12523	U+30EB	65433	U+FF99	12797	U+31FD
UTF-8	227 130 139	E3 82 8B	227 131 171	E3 83 AB	239 190 153	EF BE 99	227 135 189	E3 87 BD
Numeric character reference	る	る	ル	ル	ﾙ	ﾙ	ㇽ	ㇽ
Shift JIS	130 233	82 E9	131 139	83 8B	217	D9

• Braille

る / ル in Japanese Braille
る / ル ru	るう / ルー rū	Other kana based on Braille る
		りゅ / リュ ryu	りゅう / リュー ryū

• Japanese semaphore

See also

• Japanese phonology