を

අමතර අවධානයට: を゙

を	U+3092, を HIRAGANA LETTER WO

← ゑ
[U+3091]

Hiragana

ん →
[U+3093]

ජපන්

Stroke order

නිරුක්තිය 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 遠 in the cursive sōsho style.

උච්චාරණය

IPA^(key): [β̞o̞]

(obsolete, except in careful speech or when singing)

IPA^(key): [o̞]
ඕඩියෝ: (file)

Syllable

を (romaji wo, alternative romaji o)

(obsolete except as a particle) The hiragana syllable を (o). Its equivalent in katakana is ヲ (o). It is the forty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行お段 (wa-gyō o-dan, “row wa, section o”).

අමතර අවධානයට

(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
うぉ (wo)

නිරුක්තිය 2

/wo/ → /o/

From Proto-Japonic *wo. Cognate with ඔකිනවා ゆ (yu).

උච්චාරණය

IPA^(key): [o̞]

- The historical spelling is retained despite the modern pronunciation (as with は (wa) and へ (e)).
- In songs or hyperformal contexts, the old pronunciation wo may be used.

Particle

を (o)

A case particle.
1. (with transitive verb) An accusative case particle: a grammatical marker following the direct object of a verb.
  私(わたし)がリンゴを食(た)べる。
  Watashi ga ringo o taberu.
  I eat an apple.
  私(わたし)をリンゴが食(た)べる。
  Watashi o ringo ga taberu.
  An apple eats me.
  - As shown in the above two usage examples, Japanese sentences use particles to indicate subject and object, instead of using word order as in English.
  - 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 85:
    
    渉險上往也下左何之伎乎
    [translit?]
    (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)
2. (with intransitive verb) away from, off
  席(せき)を立(た)つ
  seki o tatsu
  to stand up from the seat
3. (with intransitive verb) along, following a specified route, track, orbit, etc.
  廊(ろう)下(か)を走(はし)る
  rōka o hashiru
  to run down the corridor
  
  街(まち)を歩(ある)く
  machi o aruku
  to walk down the street
  
  北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう)を流(なが)れる川(かわ)
  Hokkaidō o nagareru kawa
  a river that flows through Hokkaido
  
  地(ち)球(きゅう)のまわりを月(つき)がまわる。
  Chikyū no mawari o tsuki ga mawaru.
  The Moon orbits the Earth.
  - 1908, 夏目漱石(なつめそうせき) [Natsume Sōseki], 夢十夜(ゆめじゅうや) (Yume jūya) [Ten Nights of Dreaming]‎^[1]:
    
    大(おお)空(ぞら)を落(お)ちている間(ま)
    ōzora o ochiteiru ma
    while it was falling through the sky
(archaic) A conjunctive particle, usually following the rentaikei of classical inflectible words.
1. Resultative conjunction: expresses reason or cause.
  - c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari
    わざとあめるを、早(はや)うものせよかし。
    Wazato a meru o, hayō monoseyo kashi.
    It seems to be a special [invitation], so please go early.
2. Contrastive conjunction.
  - 1890, Mori Ōgai, The Dancing Girl
    我身(わがみ)だに知(し)らざりしを、怎(いか)でか人(ひと)に知(し)らるべき。
    Wagami dani shirazarishi o, ika de ka hito ni shiraru beki.
    Even myself didn't know, how could others know?
(archaic) An interjectory particle, expressing sigh or emphasis.
- c. 759, Man'yōshū, (book 2, poem 108):
  , text [2]
  我(あ)を待(ま)つと君(きみ)が濡(ぬ)れけむあしひきの山(やま)のしづくにならましものを
  A o matsu to / Kimi ga nureken / Ashihiki no / Yama no shizuku ni / naramashi mono o
  You probably got wet while waiting for me; ah, I wish I could become a waterdrop in the mountain.

නිරුක්තිය 3

を යන යෙදුමේ උච්චාරණය සහ අර්ථ දැක්වීම සඳහා – මතු දැක්වෙන ප්‍රවේශ වෙත යොමු වන්න.

【小お】1

[ උපසර්ගය ] attached to certain nouns:

[ උපසර්ගය ] small in shape or scale

[ උපසර්ගය ] attached to certain names to give expression or feelings (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

[ උපසර්ගය ] used proverbially to represent "small" or "slight" (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

(を, නම් වන මෙම යෙදුම, ඉහත යෙදුමේ a historical kana spelling වෙයි.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 悪, 尾, 男, 苧, 麻, 汚.)

මූලාශ්‍ර

අඥාත (794), යොෂිනොරි කොබයෂි (Yoshinori Kobayashi), editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in ජපන්), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.