Also known as HIRAGANA LETTER E, e
Hiragana letter E (U+3048)
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Encyclopedic overview
Transliteratione 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.
Kana modifiers and marks
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “え” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.