Ri (kana)

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The hiragana り.

The katakana リ.

	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, which each represent one mora. Both are written with two strokes; their pronunciation is (IPA) [ɺ̠i] listen (help·info). Both originate from the character 利.

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 addtional forms
Form (ry-) (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] See also

• Japanese phonology