お

Pronunciation

• IPA: [o̞]

Syllable

お (romaji o)

1. 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”).

Interjection

お • (o) 

1. 諾: yes, alright, okay

Noun

お • (o) 

1. オ: a sign used in some books
2. 尾: tail, brush, train
3. 峰, 丘: hill; peak
4. 魚: fish
5. 麻, 苧: the hemp or ramie plant; thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems
6. 雄, 男, 牡, 夫: man, male
7. 緒: cord

Prefix

お • (o-) 

1. 小: small
2. 御: honorific prefix to make a word polite