𛀁

Etymology 1
From cursive man'yōgana. Became obsolete for representing ye in the mid- when ye merged with e in spoken Japanese; later resurrected by linguists in the late or  for representation of Old and Early Classical Japanese.

Syllable

 * 1)  The hentaigana syllable ye or e.
 * 2)  The hiragana syllable 𛀁 (ye). Its equivalent in katakana is  (ye) or  (ye).
 * 1)  The hiragana syllable 𛀁 (ye). Its equivalent in katakana is  (ye) or  (ye).

Usage notes

 * 𛀁 and are used to represent the Japanese language before the mid-10th century, in which  and  were different phonemes.
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! !! ! hiragana ! katakana
 * え || 𛀁
 * 𛀀 || エ [or 𛄡]
 * }
 * In modern Japanese, old and  both evolved into, and are both written as え in hiragana and エ in katakana.  Later reintroduction of the sound  is written as  in hiragana and  in katakana.  Retrospective discussion of  in Old and Early Classical Japanese (prior to the mid- merger with ) uses 𛀁 in hiragana and 𛄡 in katakana (the latter invented for this purpose during the  to prevent confusion with the modern use of エ to represent  rather than its ancient sound value of ).


 * 𛀁 was used historically as a hentaigana character, as an alternative form of.




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 * All "や行下二段活用" verbs, e.g. ←
 * All "や行下二段活用" verbs, e.g. ←
 * All "や行下二段活用" verbs, e.g. ←
 * All "や行下二段活用" verbs, e.g. ←
 * All "や行下二段活用" verbs, e.g. ←

Particle

 * 1)  Identical in meaning to the particle, but used only after pronunciations of , , and.

Etymology 1
Native readings.

Noun

 * 1)  eldest or oldest sibling
 * 2)  inlet