ゐ

See also: ゐ゙

ゐ U+3090, ゐ HIRAGANA LETTER WI ← わ [U+308F] Hiragana ゑ → [U+3091]

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 為 in the cursive sōsho style.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝi] (obsolete)
• IPA^(key): [i] (rare)

Syllable

ゐ (romaji wi, alternative romaji i)

1. (obsolete) The hiragana syllable ゐ (wi). Its equivalent in katakana is ヰ (wi). 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

This is a rarely used hiragana.

The following kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation い (i).

• 胃: stomach
• 井: well
• 亥: the pig, the twelfth sign the Chinese zodiac

See also

• (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