Japanese [ edit ]
Stroke order
Etymology 1 [ edit ] Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 為 cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation [ edit ] ( rare )
Syllable [ edit ] ゐ • (i
( archaic ) hiragana syllable ゐ ( i ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ヰ ( i ) . It is the forty-fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行 い段 ( wa-gyō i-dan , “ row wa , section i ” ) .Usage notes [ edit ] This is now a rarely used hiragana. In most cases, it is replaced by い
See also [ edit ] (Hiragana 平仮名 あ ぁ い ぃ う ぅ ゔ え ぇ お ぉ か ゕ が き ぎ く ぐ け ゖ げ こ 𛄲 ( 𛄲 ) ご さ ざ し じ す ず せ ぜ そ ぞ た だ ち ぢ つ っ づ て で と ど な に ぬ ね の は ば ぱ ひ び ぴ ふ ぶ ぷ へ べ ぺ ほ ぼ ぽ ま み む め も や ゃ 𛀆 ゆ ゅ 𛀁 よ ょ ら ら゚ り り゚ る る゚ れ れ゚ ろ ろ゚ わ ゎ わ゙ ゐ 𛅐 ( 𛅐 ) ゐ゙ 𛄟 ( 𛄟 ) , ゑ 𛅑 ( 𛅑 ) ゑ゙ を 𛅒 ( 𛅒 ) を゙ ん ー ゝ ゞ ゟ
うぃ ( wi ) Etymology 2 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of ゐ – see the following entries.
【緯 い S
[noun] weft , woof [noun] parallels of latitude
【蝟 い H
[noun] the Chinese name of the 針鼠 ( harinezumi , “ hedgehog ” )
(This term, ゐ , is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as ゐ , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゐ .)
Etymology 3 [ edit ] Native readings.
For pronunciation and definitions of ゐ – see the following entries.
(This term, ゐ , is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
【井 い 4
[noun] well ( water source )
(This term, ゐ , is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as ゐ , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゐ .)
