ओ — Vowel (o)

  • English sound anchor: oat
oat
  • Hindi words:
  • ओखली ('okhli') — Mortar (grinding bowl)
  • ओस ('os') — Dew
  • ओढ़नी ('odhni') — Shawl / Dupatta
  • ओर ('or') — Direction / Side
  • ओला ('ola') — Hailstone

Matra (Vowel Sign): ो

When ओ (o, like 'o' in 'oat') attaches to a consonant, it uses the matra ो — a combination mark that wraps around the top-right of the consonant (the े hook above plus a vertical stroke on the right).

Examples on different consonants:
- क + ो = को ('ko')
- म + ो = मो ('mo')
- र + ो = रो ('ro')

Words using ो:
- मोर ('mor') — Peacock
- शोर ('shor') — Noise
- रोना ('rona') — To cry
- कोई ('koi') — Someone / Any
- बोलना ('bolna') — To speak

How to Write ओ

Watch the animated stroke order below. Each stroke is drawn in sequence — follow the arrows.

Stroke order animation via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Stroke order animation for ओ