Ri (kana)

ri
hiragana
japanese hiragana ri
katakana
japanese katakana ri
transliterationri
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana里 理 利 梨 隣 入 煎
spelling kanaりんごのリ Ringo no "ri"
unicodeU+308A, U+30EA
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Ri (hiragana: り, katakana: リ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both are written with two strokes and both represent the sound [ɾi] . Both originate from the character 利. The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇼ to represent a final r sound after an i sound (イㇼ ir). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜- り゚ in hiragana, and リ゚ in katakana was introduced to represent [li] in the early 20th century.[according to whom?]

The hiragana character may also be written as a single stroke.[1]

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal r-
(ら行 ra-gyō)
ri
rii, ryi
りい, りぃ
りー
リイ, リィ
リー
Addition yōon ry-
(りゃ行 rya-gyō)
rya りゃ リャ
ryaa
ryā
りゃあ, りゃぁ
りゃー
リャア, リャァ
リャー
ryu りゅ リュ
ryuu
ryū
りゅう, りゅぅ
りゅー
リュウ, リュゥ
リュー
ryo りょ リョ
ryou
ryoo
ryō
りょう, りょぅ
りょお, りょぉ
りょー
リョウ, リョゥ
リョオ, リョォ
リョー
Other additional forms
Form (ry-)
Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
(rya) (りゃ) (リャ)
(ryi) (りぃ) (リィ)
(ryu) (りゅ) (リュ)
rye
ryei
ryee
ryē
りぇ
りぇい, りぇぃ
りぇえ
りぇー
リェ
リェイ, リェィ
リェエ
リェー
(ryo) (りょ) (リョ)
  1. ^ Ishida. "Hiragana". Japanese 1. Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2019-07-01.