Japanese

Combining form

ゎ

1. Small combining form of hiragana わ ‎(wa) used in the archaic 拗音 ‎(yōon) morae くゎ ‎(kwa) and ぐゎ ‎(gwa), for instance in the name くゎんおん ‎(Kwan'on). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; in modern language the sound has generally simplified to か ‎(ka) or が ‎(ga).

Related terms

• ヮ (katakana small wa)
• わ (full-size wa)

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