E (kana)
In Japanese writing, the kana え (hiragana) and エ (katakana) (romanised e) occupy the fourth place, between う and お, 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 |
| e | |||
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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" syllable, which merged in later pronunciation | |||
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