Ri (kana)

ri
ri
hiragana;	katakana;
transliteration	ri
hiragana origin	利
katakana origin	利
Man'yōgana	里理利梨隣入煎
spelling kana	りんごのリ Ringo no "ri"
unicode	U+308A, U+30EA
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Ri (hiragana: り, katakana: リ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both are written with two strokes and both represent the sound [ɾi] ^ⓘ. Both originate from the character 利. The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇼ to represent a final r sound after an i sound (イㇼ ir). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜- り゚ in hiragana, and リ゚ in katakana was introduced to represent [li] in the early 20th century.^{[according to whom?]}

The hiragana character may also be written as a single stroke.^[1]

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	ri	り	リ
Normal r- (ら行 ra-gyō)	rii, ryi 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	りゃあ, りゃぁりゃー	リャア, リャァリャー
	ryu	りゅ	リュ
	ryuu ryū	りゅう, りゅぅりゅー	リュウ, リュゥリュー
	ryo	りょ	リョ
	ryou ryoo ryō	りょう, りょぅりょお, りょぉりょー	リョウ, リョゥリョオ, リョォリョー

Other additional forms

**Form (*ry-*)**
Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
(rya)	(りゃ)	(リャ)
(ryi)	(りぃ)	(リィ)
(ryu)	(りゅ)	(リュ)
rye ryei ryee ryē	りぇりぇい, りぇぃりぇえりぇー	リェリェイ, リェィリェエリェー
(ryo)	(りょ)	(リョ)

^ Ishida. "Hiragana". Japanese 1. Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2019-07-01.

[1] Ishida. "Hiragana". Japanese 1. Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2019-07-01.

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