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Stroke order: (MOV)
Printed form: ら
Reading: ra
Usage Examples:
さくら (sakura) cherry blossoms
まくら (makura) pillow
らいねん (rainen) next year
さら (sara) plate
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Stroke order: (MOV)
Printed form: り
Reading: ri
Usage Examples:
はかり (hakari) scale
となり (tonari) next to
おつり (oturi/otsuri) change (of money)
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Stroke order: (MOV)
Printed form: る
Reading: ru
Usage Examples:
よる (yoru) night
さる (saru) monkey
ふるい (hurui/furui) old
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Stroke order: (MOV)
Printed form: れ
Reading: re
Usage Examples:
あれ (are) that one over there
れきし (rekisi/rekishi) history
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Stroke order: (MOV)
Printed form: ろ
Reading: ro
Usage Examples:
しろい (siroi/shiroi) white
くろい (kuroi) black
こころ (kokoro) heart
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Stroke order: (MOV)
Printed form: わ
Reading: wa
Usage Examples:
にわ (niwa) garden
かわ (kawa) river
わたし (watasi/watashi) I
わかりました (wakarimasita/wakarimashita) I understood.
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Stroke order: (MOV)
Printed form: を
Reading: o
Usage Examples:
ほんをかいさう (honokaimasu) I (will) buy a book
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Stroke order: (MOV)
Printed form: ん
Reading: n
Usage Examples:
きんこ (kinko) safe
せんす (sensu) fan
ほん (hon) book
あんまり (anmari) not very
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