ゑ
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[edit] Translingual
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| 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 | |
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[edit] Syllable
ゑ
[edit] Japanese
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[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)
- (obsolete) The /we/ syllable.
- (rare) The /e/ syllable.
- 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The following Japanese Kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation え (e)