エ

Character	エ
Unicode name	KATAKANA LETTER E
Unicode block	Katakana
Codepoint	U+30A8

See also: 工 [U+5DE5 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE5], ར [U+0F62 TIBETAN LETTER RA], Appendix:Variations of "e", and Appendix:Variations of "i"

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞]

Etymology

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 江, taken from the right part of the character.

Syllable

エ ‎(romaji e)

1. The katakana syllable エ ‎(e). Its equivalent in hiragana is え ‎(e). It is the fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ア行エ段 ‎(a-gyō e-dan, “row a, section e”).

Usage notes

Unlike the hiragana system, used for Japanese language words that kanji does not cover, the katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of loan words (collectively gairaigo), as well as to represent onomatopoeia, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. Names of Japanese companies, as well as certain Japanese language words, are also sometimes written in katakana rather than the other systems. ^[edit]

See also

• (Katakana) 片仮名; アァ, イィ, ウゥヴ, エェ, オォ, カヵガ, キギ, クグ, ケヶゲ, コゴ, サザ, シジ, スズ, セゼ, ソゾ, タダ, チヂ, ツッヅ, テデ, トド, ナ, ニ, ヌ, ネ, ノ, ハバパ, ヒビピ, フブプ, ヘベペ, ホボポ, マ, ミ, ム, メ, モ, ヤャ, ユュ, ヨョ, ラ, リ, ル, レ, ロ, ワヮ, ヰ, ヱ, ヲ, ン, ー, ヽ, ヾ