Ye (kana)

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{{Expand Japanese|や行え|date=August 2021}}

{{short description|Character of the Japanese writing system}}

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| hiragana
File:Hiragana E 01.svg

| katakanaTraditional kana
File:Japanese Katakana kyokashotai E.svg

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| alternate katakanaConstructed in Edo period–Meiji period
File:Katakana_obsolete_ye.svg

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|label2 = transliteration

|data2 = e, ye

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|label5 = hiragana origin

|data5 = {{lang|ja|江}}

|label6 = katakana origin

|data6 = {{lang|ja|江}}

|label7 = another katakana origin

|data7 = {{lang|ja|延}}

|label8 = Man'yōgana

|data8 = 延 曳 睿 叡 盈 要 縁 裔 兄 柄 枝 吉 江 遥

|label9 = unicode

|data9 = U+1B001

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{{One source|date=December 2020}}

Ye (hiragana: {{lang|ja|𛀁}}, katakana: {{lang|ja|エ}}, sometimes distinguished as {{lang|ja|𛄡}}) is a Japanese mora or a kana used to write it, no longer in standard use.Iannacone, Jake (2020). [https://kobunworld.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-5.html "Reply to The Origin of Hiragana /wu/ 平仮名のわ行うの字源に対する新たな発見"] 生𛀁す (payesu) is an old Japanese word, which is assumed to be the intransitive form of 生ゆ (payu; to sprout.) It is one of the only words that uses the "𛀁" kana.