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.

FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
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
Form (ry-)
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)
RōmajiHiraganaKatakana
(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

Alternative writing of the ri hiragana with one stroke
Stroke order in writing り 1, 2Stroke order in writing リ 2
Stroke order in writing り
Stroke order in writing リ

Other communicative representations

Japanese radiotelephony alphabetWabun code
りんごのリ Ringo no "Ri"ⓘ
Japanese Navy Signal FlagJapanese semaphoreJapanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling)Braille dots-125 Japanese Braille
  • Full Braille representation
り / リ in Japanese BrailleR + 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
Character information
Previewりリﾘㇼ㋷
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER RIKATAKANA LETTER RIHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RIKATAKANA LETTER SMALL RICIRCLED KATAKANA RI
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12426U+308A12522U+30EA65432U+FF9812796U+31FC13047U+32F7
UTF-8227 130 138E3 82 8A227 131 170E3 83 AA239 190 152EF BE 98227 135 188E3 87 BC227 139 183E3 8B B7
Numeric character referenceりりリリﾘﾘㇼㇼ㋷㋷
Shift JIS (plain)130 23282 E8131 13883 8A216D8
Shift JIS-2004130 23282 E8131 13883 8A216D8131 24983 F9
EUC-JP (plain)164 234A4 EA165 234A5 EA142 2168E D8
EUC-JIS-2004164 234A4 EA165 234A5 EA142 2168E D8166 251A6 FB
GB 18030164 234A4 EA165 234A5 EA132 49 155 5084 31 9B 32129 57 189 5481 39 BD 36
EUC-KR / UHC170 234AA EA171 234AB EA
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)198 238C6 EE199 164C7 A4
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)199 113C7 71199 230C7 E6

See also