め

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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 Suffix

[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
め Unicode: U+3081Katakana: メHepburn romanization: meNihon-shiki romanization: mePolivanov cyrillization: мэJapanese braille: ⠿

[edit] Syllable

め

1. The hiragana syllable at ま行え段 (row MA, 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 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.