ゑ

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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
ゑ Unicode: U+3091Katakana: ヱHepburn romanization: weNihon-shiki romanization: wePolivanov cyrillization: эJapanese braille: ⠖

[edit] Syllable

ゑ

1. The hiragana syllable at わ行え段 (row WA, 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 恵 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

ゑ (romaji we)

1. (obsolete) The /we/ syllable.
2. (rare) The /e/ syllable.
3. The forty-sixth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is ゐ and the next character is を. The equivalent katakana character is ヱ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ゑ (we) see: Special:Allpages/ゑ

[edit] Usage notes

This is a rarely used hiragana.

The following Japanese Kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation え (e)

1. 絵 sketch
2. 餌 bait