Stroke order
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 於 in the cursive sōsho style.
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 ” ) .
(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
お • (o )
諾 : yes , alright , okay
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
お • (o- )
小 : small
御 : honorific prefix to make a word polite
For pronunciation and definitions of お – see the following entries.
(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 .)