Re (kana)

re
transliteration re
hiragana origin
katakana origin

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in two strokes, while katakana in one. Both represent the sound [ɾe] ( listen). The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇾ to represent a final r sound after an e sound (エㇾ er).

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal r-
(ら行 ra-gyō)
re
rei
ree
れい, れぃ
れえ, れぇ
れー
レイ, レィ
レエ, レェ
レー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing れ
Stroke order in writing れ
Stroke order in writing レ
Stroke order in writing レ
Stroke order in writing れ
Stroke order in writing レ

Other communicative representations

Character
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER REKATAKANA LETTER REHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER REKATAKANA LETTER SMALL RE
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12428U+308C12524U+30EC65434U+FF9A12798U+31FE
UTF-8227 130 140E3 82 8C227 131 172E3 83 AC239 190 154EF BE 9A227 135 190E3 87 BE
Numeric character referenceれれレレレレㇾㇾ
Shift JIS130 23482 EA131 14083 8C218DA
  • Braille
れ / レ in Japanese Braille
れ / レ
re
れい / レー
/rei
⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) 

See also

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