ゐ
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See also: ゐ゙
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Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 為 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation
(rare)
Syllable
- (archaic) The hiragana syllable ゐ (i). Its equivalent in katakana is ヰ (i). It is the forty-fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行い段 (wa-gyō i-dan, “row wa, section i”).
Usage notes
This is now a rarely used hiragana. In most cases, it is replaced by い.
See also
- (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, こ𛄲 (𛄲)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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
- うぃ (wi)
Etymology 2
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| (This term, ゐ (wi), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ゐ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゐ.) |
Etymology 3
Native readings.
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| (This term, ゐ (wi), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ゐ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゐ.) |