ゑ in hiragana, or ヱ in katakana, is an obsolete Japanese kana that is normally pronounced [e] in current-day Japanese. The combination of a W-column kana...

the hiragana syllabary consists of 48 base characters, of which two (ゐ and ゑ) are only used in some proper names: 5 singular vowels: あ /a/, い /i/, う /u/...

こ/子 = 訟 - ゑ/訁 + て/扌 = 訣 - ゑ/訁 + た/⽥ = 訳 - ゑ/訁 + ゑ/訁 + た/⽥ = 譯 - ゑ/訁 + を/貝 = 訴 - ゑ/訁 + う/宀/#3 = 診 - ゑ/訁 + い/糹/#2 = 証 - ゑ/訁 + ゑ/訁 + い/糹/#2 = 證 - ゑ/訁 + に/氵...

ordering for the syllables which includes two obsolete syllables, wi (ゐ) and we (ゑ). A typical torifuda features a drawing with a kana at one corner of the card...

period. As demonstrated by 17th century-era European sources, the syllable we (ゑ・ヱ ) also came to be pronounced as [jɛ] (ye). If necessary, the modern orthography...

and ゑ but without voiced consonant marks) is: Note that: Archaic, obsolete, and historical hiragana uses ゐ (historic Japanese wi, modern i) and ゑ (historic...

reads a passage: "箸はし 取らと ば、 天地あめつち 御代みよの 御恵みおんめぐ 、 主君しゅくんや 親おやの 御恩ごおんあぢわゑ", which translates to "When I pick up the chopsticks, I receive the blessings...

Ebisu (えびす, 恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎), also transliterated Webisu (ゑびす, see historical kana orthography) or called Hiruko (蛭子) or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami (事代主神)...

that its Japanese name includes the now-obsolete kana character we (ヱ or ゑ) for the even-older ye reading, an anachronism in keeping with historical...

ぢ/じ, du/zu づ/ず, dya/zya ぢゃ/じゃ, dyu/zyu ぢゅ/じゅ, dyo/zyo ぢょ/じょ, wi/i ゐ/い, we/e ゑ/え, kwa/ka くゎ/か, and gwa/ga ぐゎ/が, whose pronunciations in Modern Standard Japanese...