Ri (kana)

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration	ri
Hiragana origin:	利
Katakana origin:	利
kana gojūon wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i dakuten n 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] ( 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

• Computer encodings

Character	り		リ		ﾘ		ㇼ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER RI		KATAKANA LETTER RI		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RI		KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RI
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12426	U+308A	12522	U+30EA	65432	U+FF98	12796	U+31FC
UTF-8	227 130 138	E3 82 8A	227 131 170	E3 83 AA	239 190 152	EF BE 98	227 135 188	E3 87 BC
Numeric character reference	り	り	リ	リ	ﾘ	ﾘ	ㇼ	ㇼ
Shift JIS	130 232	82 E8	131 138	83 8A	216	D8

り / リ in Japanese Braille		R + Yōon braille
り / リ ri	りい / リー rī	りゃ / リャ rya	りゃあ / リャー ryā	りゅ / リュ ryu	りゅう / リュー ryū	りょ / リョ ryo	りょう / リョー ryō

See also

• Japanese phonology
• Yori (kana)