Me (kana)
| me | |||
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| Transliteration | me | ||
| 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" | ||
| Unicode | U+3081, U+30E1 | ||
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| Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation | |||
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め, in hiragana, or メ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both versions of the kana are written in two strokes and represent [me].
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal m- (ま行 ma-gyō) |
me | め | メ |
| mei mee mē |
めい, めぃ めえ, めぇ めー |
メイ, メィ メエ, メェ メー |