![]() There is a ゐ (wi) and a ゑ (we) but these were deemed obsolete in 1946 and were replaced by い (i) and え (e) respectively.įor more detailed help on the subject of Kana (Hiragana and Katakana), we always recommend this Japanese course. There aren't characters for "yi", "ye", or "wu". Some people wonder why "yi", "ye", "wi", "wu", and "we" are missing. I will let you know whenever we come upon a word in which they are used. Since they are used so rarely I wouldn't worry about them too much. The same applies for the Hiragana ぢ (ji). づ (zu) only occurs when there is a つ (tsu) in front of it like in つづく (tsuzuku - to continue) or when a Kanji (Chinese character) that has a reading which starts with つ (tsu) is paired at the end with another character changing the つ (tsu) to a づ (zu). The characters づ (zu) and ぢ (ji) are very rarely used. Note: You probably noticed in the chart above that there are 2 characters pronounced "zu" and 2 characters pronounced "ji". They finally ended up taking sounds slightly different then the hiragana was normally pronounced which were also sounds already found in the Japanese language so these two exceptions are often very confusing to outsiders. The sound for the "ha", "hi", "fu", "he", "ho" evolved one way and the particles, which sounded closer to "wa" and "we", went a different route. In the classic Japanese language the "h" sound was pronounced like "w", "h", and "f" all put together.
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