レ゚

See also: レ

Japanese

Etymology

The character レ with a handakuten

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le̞]

Syllable

レ゚ (romaji le) with a handakuten

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The katakana syllable レ゚ (le). Its equivalent in hiragana is れ゚.

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); り゚, リ゚ (li); る゚, ル゚ (lu); ろ゚, ロ゚ (lo)