# Ru (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-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
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 . The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇽ to represent a final r sound after an u sound (ウㇽ ur). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜- る゚ in hiragana, and ル゚ in katakana was introduced to represent [lu] in the early 20th century.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō) | ru | る | ル |
| Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō) | ruu, rwu rū | るう, るぅ るー | ルウ, ルゥ ルー |
Other additional forms :
Form (rw-) :
| Romaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| rwa | るぁ, るゎ | ルァ, ルヮ |
| rwi | るぃ | ルィ |
| (rwu) | (るぅ) | (ルゥ) |
| rwe | るぇ | ルェ |
| rwo | るぉ | ルォ |

## Stroke order

| Stroke order in writing る | Stroke order in writing ル |
The hiragana for ru (る) is made with one stroke, and its katakana form (ル) is made with two.
る (hiragana) begins with a horizontal stroke to the right, followed by a slightly longer, angular stroke going down and to the left. Finally, a curve and loop are added to the bottom that somewhat resembles the hiragana no (の). The character as a whole is visually similar to the hiragana for ro (ろ).
ル (katakana) is made by first making a curved stroke going down and to the left, and is followed by a stroke that first goes straight down, and then a curved line going up and to the right.

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 留守居のル Rusui no "Ru" | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-145 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
る / ル in Japanese Braille :
| る / ル ru | るう / ルー rū | Other kana based on Braille る | Other kana based on Braille る |
| る / ル ru | るう / ルー rū | りゅ / リュ ryu | りゅう / リュー ryū |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | る | る | ル | ル | ﾙ | ﾙ | ㇽ | ㇽ | ㋸ | ㋸ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER RU | HIRAGANA LETTER RU | KATAKANA LETTER RU | KATAKANA LETTER RU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RU | CIRCLED KATAKANA RU | CIRCLED KATAKANA RU |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12427 | U+308B | 12523 | U+30EB | 65433 | U+FF99 | 12797 | U+31FD | 13048 | U+32F8 |
| 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 | 227 139 184 | E3 8B B8 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12427; | &#x308B; | &#12523; | &#x30EB; | &#65433; | &#xFF99; | &#12797; | &#x31FD; | &#13048; | &#x32F8; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 233 | 82 E9 | 131 139 | 83 8B | 217 | D9 | | | | |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 233 | 82 E9 | 131 139 | 83 8B | 217 | D9 | 131 250 | 83 FA | | |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 235 | A4 EB | 165 235 | A5 EB | 142 217 | 8E D9 | | | | |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 235 | A4 EB | 165 235 | A5 EB | 142 217 | 8E D9 | 166 252 | A6 FC | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 235 | A4 EB | 165 235 | A5 EB | 132 49 155 51 | 84 31 9B 33 | 129 57 189 55 | 81 39 BD 37 | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 235 | AA EB | 171 235 | AB EB | | | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 239 | C6 EF | 199 165 | C7 A5 | | | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 114 | C7 72 | 199 231 | C7 E7 | | | | | | |