Ri (kana)


Hiragana

Katakana
Transliteration: ri
Hiragana Man'yōgana:
Katakana Man'yōgana:
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

, in hiragana, or 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
rii
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

Other communicative representations

See also