ゑ

See also: ゑ゙ and ヱ

ゑ	U+3091, ゑ HIRAGANA LETTER WE

Hiragana

Japanese

Stroke order

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

(rare)

ゑ • (e)

(archaic) 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”).

For pronunciation and definitions of ゑ – see the following entries.

【回え】2

【会え】2

[affix] Alternative form of 絵 (e, “picture; drawing; painting”)

(This term, ゑ, is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)

【絵え】2

Alternative spelling
画

(This term, ゑ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

【恵え】S

[noun] 恵, 慧: (especially in Buddhism) wisdom (especially prajna, one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path)

Alternative spelling
慧

【笑え】4

[noun] (in compounds) smile

【飢え】S

[noun] (obsolete) Synonym of 飢え (ue, “hunger; starvation”)

【餌え】S

[noun] bait

(This term, ゑ, is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ゑ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゑ.)

This is now a rarely used hiragana. It was replaced by え during the Japanese script reform.