ペ

See also: ヘ, ベ, and へ

ペ U+30DA, ペ KATAKANA LETTER PE Composition: ヘ [U+30D8] + ◌゚ [U+309A] ← ベ [U+30D9] Katakana ホ → [U+30DB]

Ainu

Noun

ペ • (pe)

1. (Kuril, North Kuril) water

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe/

Map of Ainu Language: Water

Alternative forms

• ワッカ (Hokkaido)
• ワㇰカ (Hokkaido)
• ワㇵカ (Sakhalin)

Etymology

Proto-Ainu *pE H (“sap”, “water”).

References

• Anna Bugaeva and Tomomi Satō (2021) A Kuril Ainu Glossary by Captain V. M. Golovnin (1811)‎^[1], Tokyo: International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics (Kuril)

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

The katakana character ヘ (he) with a handakuten (ﾟ (ﾟ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pe̞]

Syllable

ペ • (pe) 

1. The katakana syllable ペ (pe). Its equivalent in hiragana is ぺ (pe).

Usage notes

The katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of gairaigo (loan words), as well as to represent onomatopoeias, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. It is also occasionally used in some words for emphasis, or to ease reading; katakana may be preferred for words becoming buried in the text if they are written under their canonical form in hiragana. Names of Japanese companies, as well as certain Japanese language words such as colloquial terms, are also sometimes written in katakana rather than the other systems. Formerly, female firstnames would often be written in katakana.

See also

• (Katakana) 片仮名; アァ, イィ, ウゥヴ, エェ(𛀀), オォ, カヵガ, キギ, クグ, ケヶゲ, コゴ, サザ, シジ, スズ, セゼ, ソゾ, タダ, チヂ, ツッヅ, テデ, トド, ナ, ニ, ヌ, ネ, ノ, ハバパ, ヒビピ, フブプ, ヘベペ, ホボポ, マ, ミ, ム, メ, モ, ヤャ, 𛄠 (𛄠), ユュ, エ/𛄡 (𛄡), ヨョ, ララ゚, リリ゚, ルル゚, レレ゚, ロロ゚, ワヮヷ, ヰヸ, 𛄢 (𛄢), ヱヹ, ヲヺ, ン, ー, ヽ, ヾ