め

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Hiragana character 1.2.1 Related terms 1.3 Noun 1.4 Suffix

[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hiragana character

め (romaji me)

1. The /me/ syllable.
2. The thirty-fourth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is む and the next character is も. The equivalent katakana character is メ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with め (me) see: Special:Allpages/め

[edit] Noun

め (romaji me)

1. 目: eye
2. 芽: bud, sprout

[edit] Suffix

め (kanji 目, romaji me)

1. -st, -nd, -rd, -th (marks ordinals)
   • アメリカは二回めです。

     アメリカはにかいめです。

     Amerika wa nikai me desu.

     This is my second time to America.