Also known as HIRAGANA LETTER ME, me
Hiragana letter Me (U+3081)
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Encyclopedic overview
Transliterationme Hiragana origin女 Katakana origin女 Man'yōgana売 馬 面 女 梅 米 迷 昧 目 眼 海 Spelling kana明治のメ Meiji no "me" UnicodeU+3081, U+30E1 Braille Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation
Kana modifiers and marks
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