れ゚

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Japanese

Etymology

The character with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞]

Syllable

れ゚ • (le

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

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.

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