り (ri), hiragana basic
り
ri
ら row · i column
hiraganabasic2 strokes
Stroke order
Pronunciation
Tap the tip of your tongue once against the ridge just behind your upper teeth, then say i. Do not hold an English r or roll the sound.
katakana counterpart
Variants
Similar characters
Words with り
旅行りょこうtrip; travel
両親りょうしんparents
留学生りゅうがくせいinternational student
How to remember it
りTwo strokes stand side by side, with the right one reaching farther down. Imagine two reeds beside a river: ri, with a quick tongue tap.
Where it comes from
利り
り developed from the cursive writing of 利. Some typefaces connect the two strokes, while handwriting commonly separates them.