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Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 於 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation
Syllable
お • (o)
- 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
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
Interjection
お • (o)
- 諾: yes, alright, okay
Noun
お • (o)
- オ: a sign used in some books (clarification of this definition is needed)
- 尾: tail, brush, train
- 峰, 丘: hill; peak
- 魚: fish
- 麻, 苧: the hemp or ramie plant; thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems
- 雄, 男, 牡, 夫: man, male
- 緒: cord
Prefix
お • (o-)
- 小: small
- 御: honorific prefix to make a word polite
Etymology 3
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(This term, お (o), 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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