Me (kana) explained

Hiragana Image:Japanese_Hiragana_kyokashotai_ME.svg
Katakana Image:Japanese_Katakana_kyokashotai_ME.svg
Transliteration:me
Hiragana Manyogana:
Katakana Manyogana:
Other Manyogana:売 馬 面 女 梅 米 迷 昧 目 眼 海
Unicode:U+3081, U+30E1
Flag1:3
Flag2:5
Footnote:These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation
Spelling:明治のメ Meiji no "me"

, in hiragana, or 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 pronounced as /[me]/.

FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal m-
(ま行 ma-gyō)
me
mei
mee
めい, めぃ
めえ, めぇ
めー
メイ, メィ
メエ, メェ
メー

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