라

(see above for suffixes and particles)

라	U+B77C, 라 HANGUL SYLLABLE RA

Composition:

ㄹ + ㅏ

← 띻
[U+B77B]

Hangul Syllables

락 →
[U+B77D]

㈑	U+3211, ㈑ PARENTHESIZED HANGUL RIEUL A

← ㈐
[U+3210]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

㈒ →
[U+3212]

㉱	U+3271, ㉱ CIRCLED HANGUL RIEUL A

← ㉰
[U+3270]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

㉲ →
[U+3272]

띠 ←	→ 래
라락띾띿란랁랂 랃랄랅랆랇랈랉 랊랋람랍랎랏랐 랑랒랓랔랕랖랗

See also: -라

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [라]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ra
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	la
McCune–Reischauer^?	ra
Yale Romanization^?	la

Etymology 1

From English la or some other European language.

Noun

라 • (ra)

(music) la (musical note)
Coordinate terms: 도 (do), 레 (re), 미 (mi), 파 (pa), 솔 (sol), 시 (si), 도 (do)

Etymology 2

From English Ra or some other European language.

Proper noun

라 • (Ra)

(Egyptian mythology) [~신(神)] Ra, the Egyptian sun god

Etymology 3

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, word-internally. When in isolation or as the first character of a word, they are pronounced as 나 (na).

Following a language reform in the mid-twentieth century, North Koreans pronounce these characters as 라 (ra) in all environments.

Syllable

라 (ra)

Extended content

羅 (羅): net
(eumhun reading: 그물 라 (geumul ra))
(MC reading: 羅 (MC lɑ))
倮 (倮): disrobe, naked
(eumhun reading: 벗을 라 (beoseul ra))
(MC reading: 倮)
裸 (裸): Alternative form of 倮 (倮)
(MC reading: 裸 (MC luɑ^X))
懶 (懶): lazy
(eumhun reading: 게으를 라 (geeureul ra))
(MC reading: 懶 (MC lɑn^X))
癩 (癩): leper
(eumhun reading: 나환자 라 (nahwanja ra))
(MC reading: 癩 (MC lɑi^H, lɑt̚))
螺 (螺): aquatic snail
(eumhun reading: 소라 라 (sora ra))
(MC reading: 螺 (MC luɑ))
儸 (儸): talented, competent
(eumhun reading: 간능 있을 라 (ganneung isseul ra))
(MC reading: 儸 (MC lɑ))
蠃 (蠃): wasp
(eumhun reading: 나나니벌 라 (nananibeol ra))
(MC reading: 蠃 (MC luɑ, luɑ^X))
囉 (囉): for sounds to mingle
(eumhun reading: 소리 얽힐 라 (sori eolkil ra))
(MC reading: 囉 (MC lɑ))
曪 (曪): without sunlight
(eumhun reading: 햇빛 없을 라 (haetbit eopseul ra))
(MC reading: 曪 (MC lɑ^X))
瘰 (瘰): scrofula
(eumhun reading: 연주창 라 (yeonjuchang ra))
(MC reading: 瘰 (MC luɑ^X))
砢 (砢): piling of stones
(eumhun reading: 돌 쌓일 라 (dol ssail ra))
(MC reading: 砢 (MC lɑ^X))
臝 (臝): naked
(eumhun reading: 벌거벗을 라 (beolgeobeoseul ra))
(MC reading: 臝 (MC luɑ^X))
蘿 (蘿): mugwort
(eumhun reading: 쑥 라 (ssuk ra))
(MC reading: 蘿 (MC lɑ))
邏 (邏): supervisor
(eumhun reading: 순라 라 (sulla ra))
(MC reading: 邏 (MC lɑ^H))
鑼 (鑼): gong
(eumhun reading: 징 라 (jing ra))
(MC reading: 鑼 (MC lɑ))
騾 (騾): mule
(eumhun reading: 노새 라 (nosae ra))
(MC reading: 騾 (MC luɑ))
亽 (亽):
(MC reading: 亽)