Me (kana)

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both versions of the kana are written in two strokes and represent [me].

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal m-
(ま行 ma-gyō)
me
mei
mee
めい, めぃ
めえ, めぇ
めー
メイ, メィ
メエ, メェ
メー
me
hiragana
japanese hiragana me
katakana
japanese katakana me
transliterationme
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana売 馬 面 女 梅 米 迷 昧 目 眼 海
spelling kana明治のメ Meiji no "me"
unicodeU+3081, U+30E1
braille⠿
Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented syllables with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing め
Stroke order in writing め
Stroke order in writing メ
Stroke order in writing メ
Stroke order in writing め
Stroke order in writing メ

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
め / メ in Japanese Braille
め / メ
me
めい / メー
/mei
⠿ (braille pattern dots-123456) ⠿ (braille pattern dots-123456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER ME KATAKANA LETTER ME HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER ME CIRCLED KATAKANA ME
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12417U+308112513U+30E165426U+FF9213041U+32F1
UTF-8227 130 129E3 82 81227 131 161E3 83 A1239 190 146EF BE 92227 139 177E3 8B B1
Numeric character referenceめめメメメメ㋱㋱
Shift JIS[1]130 22382 DF131 12983 81210D2
EUC-JP[2]164 225A4 E1165 225A5 E1142 2108E D2
GB 18030[3]164 225A4 E1165 225A5 E1132 49 154 5484 31 9A 36
EUC-KR[4] / UHC[5]170 225AA E1171 225AB E1
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[6]198 229C6 E5199 121C7 79
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[7]199 104C7 68199 221C7 DD

References

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