Japanese [ edit ]
Stroke order
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 為 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation [ edit ]
( rare )
Syllable [ edit ]
ゐ • (i )
( archaic ) The hiragana syllable ゐ ( i ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ヰ ( i ) . It is the forty-fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行 い段 ( wa-gyō i-dan , “ row wa , section i ” ) .
Usage notes [ edit ]
This is now a rarely used hiragana. In most cases, it is replaced by い .
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 𛄲 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 , 𛀆 , ゆ ゅ , 𛀁 , よ ょ , ら ら゚ , り り゚ , る る゚ , れ れ゚ , ろ ろ゚ , わ ゎ わ゙ , ゐ 𛅐 ゐ゙ , 𛄟 , ゑ 𛅑 ゑ゙ , を 𛅒 を゙ , ん , ー , ゝ , ゞ , ゟ
うぃ ( wi )
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of ゐ – see the following entries.
【緯 い 】 S
[noun] weft , woof
[noun] parallels of latitude
【蝟 い 】 H
[noun] the Chinese name of the 針鼠 ( harinezumi , “ hedgehog ” )
(This term, ゐ , is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as ゐ , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゐ .)
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
Native readings.
For pronunciation and definitions of ゐ – see the following entries.
(This term, ゐ , is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
【井 い 】 4
[noun] well ( water source )
(This term, ゐ , is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as ゐ , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゐ .)