I've been playing slime forest this time and encounter this weird Hiragana and I`m stuck! - Feed Post by duburasu

I've been playing slime forest this time and encounter this weird Hiragana and I`m stuck!
don`t know this kind alphabet!?
need help~
おねがい~

posted by duburasu May 19, 2015 at 1:40pm

Comments 5

mog86uk
ゑ is "we", haha. :D
May 19, 2015 at 1:44pm
boostryan
Is this a kanji? Or do the lines on the bottom have there own meaning?
May 19, 2015 at 1:48pm
duburasu
is it katakana or hiragana?
I`m confuse?
don`t know how to use that one?
May 19, 2015 at 1:50pm
boostryan
Ok so from my research found out that ゑ is hiragana and ヱ is katakana, but since we dont use 'we' anymore since it sound like え.
May 19, 2015 at 1:59pm
mog86uk
It is hiragana. It is one of the 48 hiragana, just that only 46 are really in modern use.

ゐ "wi" and ゑ "we" just are not really used at all anymore. Also, when you are doing katakana, you will encounter them there too: ヰ "wi", ヱ "we", and also ヴ "vu".

You can still find the katakana "we" in the popular brand of Japanese beer, ヱビス, which is confusingly romanised as "Yebisu" lol.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/yebisu/
May 19, 2015 at 2:04pm