れ (re), hiragana basic
れ
re
ら row · e column
hiraganabasic2 strokes
Stroke order
Pronunciation
Tap the tip of your tongue once against the ridge just behind your upper teeth, then say e. Use a quick tap, not a held English r.
katakana counterpart
Similar characters
Words with れ
練習れんしゅう (する)practice
冷蔵庫れいぞうこrefrigerator
これthis / this one
How to remember it
れStart with the post on the left and follow the stroke out to the right. Unlike ね, there is no closed loop at the end: re.
Where it comes from
礼れ
れ developed from the cursive writing of 礼. Its right-hand stroke ends without the closed loop found in ね.