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え and エ

Pronunciation

“E” in Exercise.

When written in Roman characters, or romaji as it’s referred to in Japanese, these characters are represented with “e”. They sound like the “e” in “exercise” though.

え Memorization Story

The hiragana version of え looks like someone with long hair, and giant feet E-XERCISING by doing a Naruto run.

エ Memorization Story

The katakana エ is easy. It’s a dumbbell, used for E-XERCISE.

Writing

 
 

Font Examples

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Typing

Hiragana え
Type the letter “e”.

Katakana エ
Type "e" and press the F7 key, or press spacebar until the katakana appears. 

Word(s)

いえ

house

いいえ

no

イエイ！

Yay!

 

The difference between いえ and いいえ is that there are 2 beats, or moras, of い in the word いいえ, and only ONE mora in いえ.

 

 

Historical Form

Hiragana
衣→え

HISTORICAL VERSION

 

Katakana
江→エ

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