れ, in hiragana, or レ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one

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. The hiragana is written in two strokes, while katakana in one. Both represent the sound . The shapes of these kana have origins in the character 礼. The

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uses a small katakana ㇾ to represent a final ''r'' sound after an ''e'' sound (エㇾ ''er''). The combination of an R-column kana letter with handakuten ゜- れ゚ in hiragana, and レ゚ in katakana was introduced to represent ein the early 20th century.

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Other communicative representations

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