ゐ
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| Character | ゐ |
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER WI |
| Codepoint | U+3090 |
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[edit] Etymology
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 為 in the cursive sōsho style.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Syllable
ゐ (Hepburn romanizations wi, i)
- (obsolete) The hiragana syllable ゐ (wi), whose equivalent in katakana is ヰ (wi). It is the forty-fifth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is わ行い段 (WA-gyō, I-dan; “row WA, section I”).
- (rare) The hiragana syllable ゐ (i), whose equivalent in katakana is ヰ (i). It is the forty-fifth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is わ行い段 (WA-gyō, I-dan; “row WA, section I”).
[edit] Related terms
- For a list of words starting with ゐ (wi) see: Special:Allpages/ゐ
[edit] See also
- (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, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ [edit]
[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The following Japanese Kanji once used this kana's pronunciation (these instances have since been replaced by い):
