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 . The shapes of these kana have origins in the character 礼. The
Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇾ to represent a final ''r'' sound after an ''e'' sound (エㇾ ''er''). The combination of an R-column kana letter with
handakuten ゜- れ゚ in hiragana, and レ゚ in katakana was introduced to represent
ein the early 20th century.
Stroke order
Other communicative representations
* Full Braille representation
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Computer encodings
See also
*
Japanese phonology
References
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Specific kana