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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hiragana character

(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 and the next character is . The equivalent katakana character is .

[edit] Related terms

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The following Japanese Kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation (e)

  1. sketch
  2. bait
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