ラ゚
See also: ラ
Japanese
Etymology
The character ラ with a handakuten
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [la̠]
Syllable
ラ゚ (romaji la)
- (nonstandard, linguistics) The katakana syllable ラ゚ (la). Its equivalent in hiragana is ら゚ (la)
Usage notes
[l] is an allophonic variation of /r/ in Japanese. This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.
See also
- り゚, リ゚ (li); る゚, ル゚ (lu); れ゚, レ゚ (le); ろ゚, ロ゚ (lo)