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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 恵 めぐみ in the cursive sōsho style.
( rare )
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 くだり え段 だん ( wa-gyō e-dan , “ row wa , section e ” ) .
For pronunciation and definitions of ゑ – see the following entries.
(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 .)
This is now a rarely used hiragana. It was replaced by え during the Japanese script reform.
(Hiragana ) 平仮名 ひらがな ; あ ぁ , い ぃ , う ぅ ゔ , え ぇ , お ぉ , か ゕ が , き ぎ , く ぐ , け ゖ げ , こ 𛄲 ( 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 ( 𛅐 ) ゐ゙ , 𛄟 ( 𛄟 ) , ゑ 𛅑 ( 𛅑 ) ゑ゙ , を 𛅒 ( 𛅒 ) を゙ , ん , ー , ゝ , ゞ , ゟ
うぇ ( we )