ロ (ro), katakana basic
ロ
ro
ラ row · o column
katakanabasic3 strokes
Stroke order
Pronunciation
Tap the tip of your tongue once against the ridge just behind your upper teeth, then say o. Use a quick tap, not a held English r.
hiragana counterpart
Similar characters
Words with ロ
ロボットrobot
ロビーlobby
How to remember it
ロA square box: imagine looking through a small window onto a road. Road cues ro, but use a Japanese tongue tap.
Where it comes from
呂ロ
ロ comes from one of the box-shaped parts of 呂. Hiragana ろ also comes from 呂.