え

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Noun 2.4 Adjective

[edit] Translingual

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
え Unicode: U+3048Katakana: エHepburn romanization: eNihon-shiki romanization: ePolivanov cyrillization: эJapanese braille: ⠋

[edit] Syllable

え

1. The hiragana syllable at あ行え段 (row A, section E) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 衣 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

え (romaji e)

1. The /e/ syllable.
2. The fourth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is う and the next character is お. The equivalent katakana character is エ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with え (e) see: Special:Allpages/え

[edit] Noun

え (romaji e)

1. 絵, 画: picture, painting, drawing, illustration, tableau
2. 柄: handle, shaft, gripe, helve
3. 会: understanding
4. 江: bay (body of water); inlet
5. 餌: bait, lure

[edit] Adjective

え (romaji e)

1. 慧: intelligent