ゎ

ゎ	U+308E, ゎ HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL WA

← ろ
[U+308D]

Hiragana

わ →
[U+308F]

Japanese

Etymology

Small form of the hiragana character わ (wa).

Combining form

ゎ

Small combining form of hiragana わ (wa) used in the archaic 拗音 (yōon) morae くゎ (kwa) and ぐゎ (gwa), for instance in the name くゎんおん (Kwan'on). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; in modern language the sound has generally simplified to か (ka) or が (ga).

Related terms

ヮ (katakana small wa)
わ (full-size wa)

See also

(Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

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