Ri (kana)

ri
transliteration	ri
hiragana origin	利
katakana origin	利

り, in hiragana, or リ 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 [ɾi] ( listen). 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).

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

Stroke order in writing り

Stroke order in writing リ

Stroke order in writing り

Stroke order in writing リ

Other communicative representations

Computer encodings

Character	り		リ		ﾘ		ㇼ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER RI		KATAKANA LETTER RI		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RI		KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RI
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12426	U+308A	12522	U+30EA	65432	U+FF98	12796	U+31FC
UTF-8	227 130 138	E3 82 8A	227 131 170	E3 83 AA	239 190 152	EF BE 98	227 135 188	E3 87 BC
Numeric character reference	り	り	リ	リ	ﾘ	ﾘ	ㇼ	ㇼ
Shift JIS	130 232	82 E8	131 138	83 8A	216	D8

Braille

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

Japanese semaphore

Ri (kana)

Stroke order

Other communicative representations

See also