See also: れ゚

U+308C, れ
HIRAGANA LETTER RE

[U+308B]
Hiragana
[U+308D]

Japanese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞]
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Etymology 1

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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style. Compare cognate shinjitai kanji (similar but less radical) and katakana .

Syllable

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(re

  1. The hiragana syllable (re). Its equivalent in katakana is (re). It is the forty-second syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (ra-gyō e-dan, row ra, section e).
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Etymology 2

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From Old Japanese.

Suffix

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(-re

  1. nominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often from demonstratives: one, thing
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