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U+3091, ゑ
HIRAGANA LETTER WE

[U+3090]
Hiragana
[U+3092]

Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

(romaji we, alternative romaji e)

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

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The following kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation (e)