ら゚

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ら゚

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The character ら with a handakuten.

• IPA^(key): [la̠]

ら゚ • (la) 

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable ら゚ (la). Its equivalent in katakana is ラ゚ (la).

[l] is an allophonic variation of /r/ in Japanese. This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.