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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 Noun 2.4 Particle

[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
て Unicode: U+3066Katakana: テHepburn romanization: teNihon-shiki romanization: tePolivanov cyrillization: тэJapanese braille: ⠟

[edit] Syllable

て

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

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hiragana character

て (romaji te)

1. The /te/ syllable.
2. The nineteenth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is つ and the next character is と. The equivalent katakana character is テ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with て (te) see: Special:Allpages/て

[edit] Derived terms

• で (de)

[edit] Noun

て (romaji te)

1. 手: hand

[edit] Particle

て (romaji te)

1. Request maker sentence-final particle.