Stroke order
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 礼 cursive sōsho style. Compare cognate shinjitai kanji 礼 レ
れ • (re
The hiragana syllable れ ( re ) . Its equivalent in katakana is レ ( re ) . It is the forty-second syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行 え段 ( ra-gyō e-dan , “ row ra , section e ” ) . (Hiragana 平仮名 あ ぁ い ぃ う ぅ ゔ え ぇ お ぉ か ゕ が き ぎ く ぐ け ゖ げ こ 𛄲 ( 𛄲 ) ご さ ざ し じ す ず せ ぜ そ ぞ た だ ち ぢ つ っ づ て で と ど な に ぬ ね の は ば ぱ ひ び ぴ ふ ぶ ぷ へ べ ぺ ほ ぼ ぽ ま み む め も や ゃ 𛀆 ゆ ゅ 𛀁 よ ょ ら ら゚ り り゚ る る゚ れ れ゚ ろ ろ゚ わ ゎ わ゙ ゐ 𛅐 ( 𛅐 ) ゐ゙ 𛄟 ( 𛄟 ) , ゑ 𛅑 ( 𛅑 ) ゑ゙ を 𛅒 ( 𛅒 ) を゙ ん ー ゝ ゞ ゟ From Old Japanese
れ • (-re
nominalizing suffix used to form pronouns , often from demonstratives : one thing 我 吾 ( われ , ware あれ are ) : "I thing", "I one" → I , me 汝 ( なれ , nare ) : "you thing", "you one" → you 己 ( おのれ , onore ) : "self (person) thing", "self (person) one" → oneself ; myself ; ( derogatory ) you 彼 ( かれ , kare ) : "this (person) thing", "this (person) one" → he , him 此れ 此 是 之 惟 これ ( kore ) : "this (non-human) thing", "this (non-human) one" → this 其れ 其 それ ( sore ) : "that (near) thing", "that (near) one" → that 彼 彼れ あれ ( are ) : "that (distant) thing", "that (distant) one" → that , yonder 誰 孰 だれ ( dare ) , ( archaic ) たれ ( tare ) : "which (person) thing", "which (person) one" → who 何 何れ どれ ( dore ) : "which (non-human) thing", "which (non-human) one" → which 何れ 孰れ いずれ ( izure ) : "which thing", "which one" → whichever , any , either , ( in negative contexts ) neither 