ヲ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Katakana character 2.2.1 Usage notes 2.2.2 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
ヲ Unicode: U+30F2Hiragana: をHepburn romanization: woNihon-shiki romanization: woPolivanov cyrillization: оJapanese braille: ⠔

[edit] Syllable

ヲ

1. The katakana syllable at ワ行オ段 (row WA, section O) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Katakana character

ヲ (romaji wo)

1. (obsolete) The [wo] syllable.
2. The [o] syllable.
3. The forty-seventh character in the gojūon ordering of katakana. The previous character is ヱ and the next character is ン. The equivalent hiragana character is を.

[edit] Usage notes

Because the hiragana equivalent, を, is used almost exclusively as the direct object particle, and particles are always written in hiragana, ヲ is seldom actually used.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ヲ (wo) see: Special:Allpages/ヲ