Re (kana)

re
hiragana
katakana
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 [ɽe]. 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 name HIRAGANA LETTER RE KATAKANA LETTER RE HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER RE KATAKANA LETTER SMALL RE
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 12428 U+308C 12524 U+30EC 65434 U+FF9A 12798 U+31FE
UTF-8 227 130 140 E3 82 8C 227 131 172 E3 83 AC 239 190 154 EF BE 9A 227 135 190 E3 87 BE
Numeric character reference れ れ レ レ レ レ ㇾ ㇾ
Shift JIS 130 234 82 EA 131 140 83 8C 218 DA
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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