Ri (kana)

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ri
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	利
Katakana Man'yōgana:	利
kana gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i dakuten ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u chōonpu we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

り, in hiragana, or リ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both are written with two strokes and both represent the sound [ɽi] ~ [ɾi] ( listen). Both originate from the character 利. In the Ainu language, Japanese linguists invented a small katakana ㇼ that is used to represent a final r sound after an i sound (イㇼ ir).

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	Ri	り	リ
	Rī	りい, りぃ りー, り～	リイ, リィ リー, リ～	リ～ド Rīdo Read
Addition yōon ry- (りゃ行 rya-gyō)	Rya	りゃ	リャ
	Ryā	りゃあ りゃー, りゃ～	リャア リャー, リャ～
	Ryu	りゅ	リュ
	Ryū	りゅう りゅー, りゅ～	リュウ リュー, リュ～	アンドリュ～ Andoryū Andrew
	Ryo	りょ	リョ	にゅうりょく Nyūryoku 入力 Entry
	Ryō	りょう りょお りょー, りょ～	リョウ リョオ リョー, リョ～

Other additional forms
Form (ry-) Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana Rye りぇ リェ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing り

Stroke order in writing リ

Other communicative representations

• Braille:

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See also

• Japanese phonology
• Yori (kana)