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We (kana)

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Hiragana

Katakana

Transliteration:

[we]

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

ゑ, in hiragana, or ヱ in katakana, is an obsolete Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora.

It is presumed that ゑ represented (IPA: /ɰe/ (help·info)). It is thought that after ゑ and え came to denote the same pronunciation as イェ (IPA: /ie/ (help·info)) in the Kamakura period that they came to be pronounced as the modern エ (IPA: /e/); there is also the view that the pronunciation difference between the two kana remained until the Taishō period.

This kana became obsolete in 1946, and is now rare in everyday usage. In fact, in onomatopoeia or foreign words, the katakana form ウェ (we) is preferred. One modern-day usage of this kana is in the name of the beer Yebisu, which is written "ヱビス" or "ゑびす."

Stroke order in writing ゑ

Stroke order in writing ヱ

Look up ゑ, ヱ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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