り - The Encyclopedia

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Hiragana

Katakana

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	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 (IPA) /ɺi/ (help·info). Both originate from the character 利.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	ri	り	リ
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	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	Katagana
(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)

[edit] Stroke order

Stroke order in writing り

Stroke order in writing リ

[edit] Other communicative representations

Braille:

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[edit] See also

Japanese phonology

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