め

• IPA^(key): [me̞]

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 女 in the cursive sōsho style.

め (romaji me)

1. The hiragana syllable め (me). Its equivalent in katakana is メ (me). It is the thirty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行え段 (ma-gyō e-dan, “row ma, section e”).

• (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

Reading of various kanji characters.

め (rōmaji me)

1. 目, 眼: eye
2. 芽: bud, sprout

め (rōmaji -me)

1. 目: -st, -nd, -rd, -th (marks ordinals)
2. 奴: Derogatory suffix attached to people's names or words that refer to people, animals, etc.