| Hiragana Image: | Japanese Hiragana kyokashotai RA.svg |
| Katakana Image: | Japanese Katakana kyokashotai RA.svg |
| Transliteration: | ra, la |
| Hiragana Manyogana: | 良 |
| Katakana Manyogana: | 良 |
| Other Manyogana: | 良 浪 郎 楽 羅 等 |
| Unicode: | U+3089, U+30E9 |
| Flag1: | 5 |
| Flag2: | 9 |
| Spelling: | ラジオのラ Rajio no "ra" |
Ra (hiragana: ら; katakana: ラ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both versions are written with two strokes and have origins in the character 良; both characters represent the sound pronounced as /ja/. The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇻ to represent a final r sound after an a sound (アㇻ ar). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜- ら゚ in hiragana, and ラ゚ in katakana was introduced to represent [la] in the early 20th century.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō) | ra | ら | ラ |
| raa rā | らあ, らぁ らー | ラア, ラァ ラー |
| ら / ラ in Japanese Braille | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ら / ラ ra | らあ / ラー rā | Other kana based on Braille ら | ||
| りゃ / リャ rya | りゃあ / リャー ryā | |||