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U+3090, ゐ
HIRAGANA LETTER WI

[U+308F]
Hiragana
[U+3091]

Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

(romaji wi, alternative romaji i)

  1. (obsolete) The hiragana syllable (wi). Its equivalent in katakana is (wi). It is the forty-fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (wa-gyō i-dan, row wa, section i).
  2. (rare) The hiragana syllable (i). Its equivalent in katakana is (i). It is the forty-fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (wa-gyō i-dan, row wa, section i).

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Usage notes

This is a rarely used hiragana.

The following kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation (i).