ゐ

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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 Usage notes

[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
ゐ Unicode: U+3090Katakana: ヰHepburn romanization: wiNihon-shiki romanization: wiPolivanov cyrillization: и, йJapanese braille: ⠆

[edit] Syllable

ゐ

1. The hiragana syllable at わ行い段 (row WA, section I) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hiragana character

ゐ (romaji wi)

1. (obsolete) The /wi/ syllable.
2. (rare) The /i/ syllable.
3. The forty-fifth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is わ and the next character is ゑ. The equivalent katakana character is ヰ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ゐ (wi) see: Special:Allpages/ゐ

[edit] Usage notes

This is a rarely used hiragana.

The following Japanese Kanji once used this kana's pronunciation (these instances have since been replaced by い):

• 胃 stomach
• 井 well
• 亥 the twelfth sign (boar) of the Chinese zodiac