り゚
See also: り
Japanese
Etymology
The character り with a handakuten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲi]
Syllable
り゚ • (li)
- (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable り゚ (li). Its equivalent in katakana is リ゚ (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.