Ri (kana)

Template:Short description Template:Template other Ri (hiragana: , katakana: ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both are written with two strokes and both represent the sound . Both originate from the character . The Ainu language uses a small katakana to represent a final r sound after an i sound ( ir). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten - in hiragana, and in katakana was introduced to represent [li] in the early 20th century.Template:According to whom

The hiragana character may also be written as a single stroke.

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

Stroke order

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Alternative writing of the ri hiragana with one stroke

Stroke order in writing り Stroke order in writing り 1, 2

Stroke order in writing リ Stroke order in writing リ 2

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Stroke order in writing り

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Stroke order in writing リ

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

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
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• Computer encodings

See also

• Japanese phonology
• Yori (kana)
• IJ (digraph), a Dutch digraph that is sometimes written in a manner resembling the katakana リ