Re (kana)

re
hiragana
katakana
transliteration re
hiragana origin 礼
katakana origin 礼

れ, in hiragana, or レ 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 れ レ
rei
ree
rē
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 れ レ レ ㇾ
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
rē/rei
⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)

See also

Look up れ or レ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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