リ (ri), katakana basic
リ
ri
ラ row · i column
katakanabasic2 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.
hiragana counterpart
Variants
Words with リ
リモコンremote control
リストlist
How to remember it
リTwo strokes stand beside each other, much like hiragana り. The right one reaches farther down: ri.
Where it comes from
利リ
リ comes from 刂, the knife component on the right of 利.