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𛀁 - Japanese

Syllable

𛀁 (romaji ye, alternative romaji [hentaigana use only] e)

  1. (obsolete) The hentaigana syllable ye or e.
    • ()𛀁るmoeruto burn, etymologically from classical () (moyu)
  2. (obsolete) The hiragana syllable 𛀁 (ye). Its equivalent in katakana is (ye) or 𛄡 (ye).

Usage notes

  • 𛀁 and 𛀀 are used to represent the Japanese language before the mid-10th century, in which /e/ and /je/ were different phonemes.
  • /e//je/
    hiragana 𛀁
    katakana 𛀀 [or 𛄡]
  • In modern Japanese, old /e/ and /je/ both evolved into /e/, and are both written as in hiragana and in katakana. Later reintroduction of the sound /je/ is written as いぇ in hiragana and イェ in katakana. Retrospective discussion of /je/ in Old and Early Classical Japanese (prior to the mid-Heian period merger with /e/) uses 𛀁 in hiragana and 𛄡 in katakana (the latter invented for this purpose during the Meiji period to prevent confusion with the modern use of エ to represent /e/ rather than its ancient sound value of /je/).
  • 𛀁 was used historically as a hentaigana character, as an alternative form of (e).

Particle

𛀁 (romaji ye)

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

𛀁 - Old Japanese

Noun

𛀁 (ye)

  1. : eldest or oldest sibling
  2. : inlet

Suffix

𛀁 (-ye)

  1. irrealis of (yu, spontaneous / passive / potential auxiliary)
  2. continuative of (yu, spontaneous / passive / potential auxiliary)
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