Talk:Ri (kana)

Hiragana Variant

I've seen a (Hiragana only?) variant of this kana where it appears to be written in one stroke and looks somewhat like the International Phonetic Alphabet velar nasal symbol (ŋ). Since sa (kana) and ki (kana) mention variants, can someone please mention this and preferably provide an image? I'd do it myself, but I know next to nothing about Japanese. --334a (talk) 19:37, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

I went to Talk to write an almost identical comment, so I am glad I found yours. Hopefully someone more versed in the language pulls through. Arlo James Barnes 04:46, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Was staring at a picture of Inarizushi going "The first two characters are いな so the third has to be some version of Ri," which brought me here. Added a single sourced line about it but did not show it (don't know of any free pics) or explain it (the source does not and I couldn't even if I had any idea). Ian.thomson (talk) 02:13, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

I am also interested in whether the single-stroke form has its own Unicode codepoint. Maddeningly, when I find it in text, then copy and paste it, it reverts to the standard two-stroke form! --IanOsgood (talk) 17:49, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@IanOsgood: No, there is no separate codepoint, as there is no semantic distinction between connected and unconnected forms, and Unicode is unlikely to encode even a variation sequence for it. The difference is purely one of typographic choice, and there is never a situation where either the connected or unconnected form would be "wrong". Some fonts may choose to use the connected forms, much like さ and き, although you are much less likely to see a connected り. But there is an image on the page at the stroke order section of the single-stroke, connected form. VanIsaac, MPLL ^cont_WpWS 00:18, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the thoughtful reply. --IanOsgood (talk) 14:45, 18 November 2021 (UTC)