リ゚

See also: リ

Japanese

Etymology

The character リ with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲi]

Syllable

リ゚ (romaji li)

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The katakana syllable リ゚ (li). Its equivalent in hiragana is り゚ (li)

Usage notes

[l] is an allophonic variation of /r/ in Japanese. This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.

See also

• ら゚, ラ゚ (la); る゚, ル゚ (lu); れ゚, レ゚ (le); ろ゚, ロ゚ (lo)