ゑ
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| Character | ゑ |
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER WE |
| Codepoint | U+3091 |
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Etymology [edit]
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 恵 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation [edit]
Syllable [edit]
ゑ (Hepburn romanizations we, e)
- (rare) The hiragana syllable ゑ (we), whose equivalent in katakana is ヱ (we). It is the forty-sixth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is わ行え段 (WA-gyō, E-dan; “row WA, section E”).
- (obsolete) The hiragana syllable ゑ (e), whose equivalent in katakana is ヱ (e). It is the forty-sixth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is わ行え段 (WA-gyō, E-dan; “row WA, section E”).
Related terms [edit]
- For a list of words starting with ゑ (we) see: Special:Allpages/ゑ
See also [edit]
- (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
Usage notes [edit]
This is a rarely used hiragana.
The following kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation え (e)
