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long vowel

ー

Katakana Small characters and special forms

Reading and pronunciation

Lengthens the preceding vowel

The long-vowel mark extends the vowel before it. コーヒー is kōhī (coffee); ー has no independent sound.

Example word

ウール

ūru · wool

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Stroke order

ー

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