ワ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Katakana character 2.2.1 Related terms

[edit] Translingual

The Katakana script
アァ	カヵガ	サザ	タダ	ナ	ハㇵバパ	マ	ヤャ	ラㇻ	ワヮ	ン
イィ	キギ	シㇱジ	チヂ	ニ	ヒㇶビピ	ミ		リㇼ	ヰ
ウゥヴ	クㇰグ	スㇲズ	ツッヅ	ヌㇴ	フㇷブプ	ムㇺ	ユュ	ルㇽ
エェ	ケヶゲ	セゼ	テデ	ネ	ヘㇸベペ	メ		レㇾ	ヱ
オォ	コゴ	ソゾ	トㇳド	ノ	ホㇹボポ	モ	ヨョ	ロㇿ	ヲ
Katakana halfwidth syllables ｱｧ ｲｨ ｳｩ ｴｪ ｵｫ ｶ ｷ ｸ ｹ ｺ ｻ ｼ ｽ ｾ ｿ ﾀ ﾁ ﾂｯ ﾃ ﾄ ﾅ ﾆ ﾇ ﾈ ﾉ ﾊ ﾋ ﾌ ﾍ ﾎ ﾏ ﾐ ﾑ ﾒ ﾓ ﾔｬ ﾕｭ ﾖｮ ﾗ ﾘ ﾙ ﾚ ﾛ ﾜ ｦ ﾝ
Additional symbols ー
ワ Unicode: U+30EFHiragana: わHepburn romanization: waNihon-shiki romanization: waPolivanov cyrillization: ваJapanese braille: ⠄

[edit] Syllable

ワ

1. The katakana syllable at ワ行ア段 (row WA, section A) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 和.

[edit] Katakana character

ワ (romaji wa)

1. The [wa] phoneme, typically in words of non-Japanese origin.
2. The forty-fourth character in the gojūon ordering of katakana. The previous character is ロ and the next character is ヰ. The equivalent hiragana character is わ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ワ (wa) see: Special:Allpages/ワ