ぇ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms

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The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
ぇ Unicode: U+3047Katakana: ェ

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ぇ

1. The hiragana syllable え in small form.

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[edit] Etymology

From え (e).

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ぇ

1. Small combining form of hiragana え (e) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.

   ちぇ - the sound [tɕe] rather than [tɕi] (ち) or [te] (て)

   ちぇんじ - transliteration of change

[edit] Related terms

• ェ (katakana small e)
• え (full-size e)