え
JapaneseEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 衣 in the cursive sōsho style.
PronunciationEdit
SyllableEdit
え (romaji e)
- The hiragana syllable え (e). Its equivalent in katakana is エ (e). It is the fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is あ行え段 (a-gyō e-dan, “row a, section e”).
See alsoEdit
- (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
- 𛀁
Etymology 2Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of え – see the following entries. | ||||||||||||
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(This term, え, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.) For a list of all kanji with on'yomi え, not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with on reading え. |
Etymology 3Edit
Various.
AdverbEdit
え (rōmaji e)
CounterEdit
え (rōmaji -e)
- 重:
NounEdit
え (rōmaji e)
- 上:
- 兄: an elder sibling
- 江: bay (body of water); inlet
- 役:
- 枝:
- 肢:
- 故:
- 柄: handle, shaft, gripe, helve
- 疫:
- 胞:
- 荏:
- 榎: Chinese hackberry
- 餌: animal food, feed; bait
PrefixEdit
え (rōmaji e-)
- 愛:
SuffixEdit
え (rōmaji -e)
- 方: a suffix expressing location, direction, or time