ゑ

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Hiragana character 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Usage notes

[edit] Japanese

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The following Japanese Kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation え (e)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