お


お U+304A, お
HIRAGANA LETTER O
← ぉ
[U+3049] 		Hiragana か →
[U+304B]

Japanese
Stroke order
3 strokes

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 於 in the cursive sōsho style.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [o̞]
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Syllable

お • (o) 

  1. The hiragana syllable お (o). Its equivalent in katakana is オ (o). It is the fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is あ行お段 (a-gyō o-dan, “row a, section o”).
See also

Interjection

お • (o) 

  1. 諾: yes, alright, okay

Noun

お • (o) 

  1. オ: a sign used in some books (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. 尾: tail, brush, train
  3. 峰, 丘: hill; peak
  4. 魚: fish
  5. 麻, 苧: the hemp or ramie plant; thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems
  6. 雄, 男, 牡, 夫: man, male
  7. 緒: cord

Prefix

お • (o-) 

  1. 小: small
  2. 御: honorific prefix to make a word polite

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of お – see the following entries.
【悪】3
[affix] hate; loathe
【汚】S
[affix] dirty
(This term, お, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as お, see Category:Japanese kanji read as お.)
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