title: Ra (kana)
text: # Ra (kana)
  
  kana gojūon :
  
  | wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | wi | ri | yi | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
  | wu | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
  | we | re | ye | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
  | wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
  | | | | n | | | | | | |
  
  Kana modifiers and marks :
  
  sokuonfu (gemination) · yōon (palatalization) · chōonpu (vowel lengthener) · Iteration marks · dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
  
  Multi-syllabic kana :
  
  iu · kashiko · koto · sama · shite · toki · tomo · nari · mairasesoro · yori :
  
  vte :
  
  Ra (hiragana: ら; katakana: ラ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both versions are written with two strokes and have origins in the character 良; both characters represent the sound (listen). The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇻ to represent a final r sound after an a sound (アㇻ ar). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜- ら゚ in hiragana, and ラ゚ in katakana was introduced to represent [la] in the early 20th century.
  
  | Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō) | ra | ら | ラ |
  | Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō) | raa rā | らあ, らぁ らー | ラア, ラァ ラー |
  
  ## Stroke order
  
  | Stroke order in writing ら | Stroke order in writing ラ |
  | - | - |
  
  ## Other communicative representations
  
  | Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
  | - | - |
  | ラジオのラ Rajio no "Ra" | ▄ ▄ ▄ |
  | Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-15 Japanese Braille |
  
  * Full Braille representation
  
  ら / ラ in Japanese Braille :
  
  | ら / ラ ra | らあ / ラー rā | Other kana based on Braille ら | Other kana based on Braille ら |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ら / ラ ra | らあ / ラー rā | りゃ / リャ rya | りゃあ / リャー ryā |
  
  * Computer encodings
  
  Character information :
  
  | Preview | ら | ら | ラ | ラ | ﾗ | ﾗ | ㇻ | ㇻ | ㋶ | ㋶ |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER RA | HIRAGANA LETTER RA | KATAKANA LETTER RA | KATAKANA LETTER RA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RA | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RA | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RA | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RA | CIRCLED KATAKANA RA | CIRCLED KATAKANA RA |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
  | Unicode | 12425 | U+3089 | 12521 | U+30E9 | 65431 | U+FF97 | 12795 | U+31FB | 13046 | U+32F6 |
  | UTF-8 | 227 130 137 | E3 82 89 | 227 131 169 | E3 83 A9 | 239 190 151 | EF BE 97 | 227 135 187 | E3 87 BB | 227 139 182 | E3 8B B6 |
  | Numeric character reference | &#12425; | &#x3089; | &#12521; | &#x30E9; | &#65431; | &#xFF97; | &#12795; | &#x31FB; | &#13046; | &#x32F6; |
  | Shift JIS (plain) | 130 231 | 82 E7 | 131 137 | 83 89 | 215 | D7 | | | | |
  | Shift JIS-2004 | 130 231 | 82 E7 | 131 137 | 83 89 | 215 | D7 | 131 248 | 83 F8 | | |
  | EUC-JP (plain) | 164 233 | A4 E9 | 165 233 | A5 E9 | 142 215 | 8E D7 | | | | |
  | EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 233 | A4 E9 | 165 233 | A5 E9 | 142 215 | 8E D7 | 166 250 | A6 FA | | |
  | GB 18030 | 164 233 | A4 E9 | 165 233 | A5 E9 | 132 49 155 49 | 84 31 9B 31 | 129 57 189 53 | 81 39 BD 35 | | |
  | EUC-KR / UHC | 170 233 | AA E9 | 171 233 | AB E9 | | | | | | |
  | Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 237 | C6 ED | 199 163 | C7 A3 | | | | | | |
  | Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 112 | C7 70 | 199 229 | C7 E5 | | | | | | |
  