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[edit] Translingual

The Katakana script
Katakana halfwidth syllables
Additional symbols
Unicode: U+30EAHiragana: Hepburn romanization: riNihon-shiki romanization: riPolivanov cyrillization: риJapanese braille:

[edit] Syllable

  1. The katakana syllable at ラ行イ段 (row RA, section I) in a gojūon table.

[edit] Japanese

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji .

[edit] Katakana character

(romaji ri)

  1. The [ri] phoneme, typically in words of non-Japanese origin.
  2. The fortieth character in the gojūon ordering of katakana. The previous character is and the next character is . The equivalent hiragana character is .

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