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

The hiragana is written in two strokes, while katakana in one.

The shapes of these kana have origins in the character 礼.

The Ainu language 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 [le] in the early 20th century.