れ

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Hiragana character 1.2.1 Related terms

[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 禮 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

れ (romaji re)

1. The /re/ syllable.
2. The forty-second character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is る and the next character is ろ. The equivalent katakana character is レ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with れ (re) see: Special:Allpages/れ