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
	rii rī	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, ryah	りゃあ りゃー	リャア リャー
	ryu	りゅ	リュ
	ryuu ryū	りゅう りゅー	リュウ リュー
	ryo	りょ	リョ
	ryou ryoo ryō, ryoh	りょう りょお りょー	リョウ リョオ 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 りぇ リェ (ryo) (りょ) (リョ)

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)