ゑ

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

• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝe̞] (obsolete)
• IPA^(key): [e̞] (rare)

ゑ (romaji we, alternative romaji e)

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

This is a rarely used hiragana.

The following kanji once used this pronunciation, but this has been replaced by the pronunciation え (e)

• 絵: sketch
• 餌: bait
• 円: yen
• 恵: favor, benefit

• (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
• うぇ (we)