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ゑ • (e)
- (archaic) The hiragana syllable ゑ (e). Its equivalent in katakana is ヱ (e). It is the forty-sixth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行え段 (wa-gyō e-dan, “row wa, section e”).
Definitions
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(This term, ゑ (we), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ゑ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゑ.) |
Usage notes
This is now an obsolete hiragana. It was replaced by え during the Japanese script reform in 1946. Compare ゐ, which had the same outcome.
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
- うぇ (we)
