め

See also: ぬ

め U+3081, め
HIRAGANA LETTER ME
← む
[U+3080] 		Hiragana も →
[U+3082]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [me̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 女 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

め (romaji me)

  1. The hiragana syllable め (me). Its equivalent in katakana is メ (me). It is the thirty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行え段 (ma-gyō e-dan, “row ma, section e”).
See also

Etymology 2

Reading of various kanji characters.

Noun

め (rōmaji me)

  1. 目, 眼: eye
  2. 芽: bud, sprout

Suffix

め (rōmaji -me)

  1. 目: -st, -nd, -rd, -th (marks ordinals)
  2. 奴: Derogatory suffix attached to people's names or words that refer to people, animals, etc.
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