E (kana)
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| Transliteration | e | ||
| Hiragana origin | 衣 | ||
| Katakana origin | 江 | ||
| Man'yōgana | 衣 依 愛 榎 曳 延 要 遥 叡 兄 江 吉 枝 | ||
| Spelling kana | 英語のエ (Eigo no "e") | ||
| Note: The Man'yōgana represented either the "e" or "ye" mora, which merged in later pronunciation. | |||
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E (hiragana: え, katakana: エ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, they occupy the fourth place in the modern Gojūon (五十音) system of collating kana. In the Iroha, they occupy the 34th, between こ and て. In the table at right (ordered by columns, from right to left), え lies in the first column (あ行, "column A") and the fourth row (え段, "row E"). Both represent [e].
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal a/i/u/e/o (あ行 a-gyō) |
e | え | エ |
| ei ee ē |
えい, えぃ ええ, えぇ えー |
エイ, エィ エエ, エェ エー |