Ye (kana)
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transliteration | ye | ||||
hiragana origin | 江 | ||||
katakana origin | 江 | ||||
another katakana origin | 延 | ||||
Man'yōgana | 曳 延 要 遥 叡 兄 江 吉 枝 衣 | ||||
unicode | U+1B001 |
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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2020) |
Ye (hiragana: 𛀁, katakana: エ, sometimes distinguished as 𛄡) is a Japanese mora or a kana used to write it, no longer in standard use.[3]
History
[edit]It is presumed that 𛀁 would have represented [je] [citation needed]. In the 10th century, e and ye progressively merged into ye, and then during the Edo period the pronunciation changed from /je/ to /e/.
However, during the Meiji period, linguists almost unanimously agreed on the kana for yi, ye, and wu. 𛀆 and 𛄢 are thought to have never occurred as morae in Japanese, and 𛀁 was merged with え and エ.
Characters
[edit]Nara period–Heian period
[edit]Japanese people separated e and ye in Man'yōgana, early Hiragana and early Katakana.
e | ye | |
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Man'yōgana[4] | 愛,哀,埃,衣,依,榎,荏,得,"可愛" | 延,曳,睿,叡,盈,要,縁,裔,兄,柄,枝,吉,江 |
Hiragana[5][6] | え etc. | etc. |
Katakana[7] | etc. | エ etc. |
After that, e and ye merged into ye in the 10th century, before eventually evolving back to e.[8]
Edo period–Meiji period
[edit]In the Edo period and the Meiji period, some Japanese linguists tried to separate kana e and kana ye again. The shapes of characters differed with each linguist. 𛀁 and 𛄡 were just two of many shapes.
They were phonetic symbols to fill in the blanks of gojuon table. Japanese people didn't separate them in normal writing.
- e
- ye
- Traditional kana
- Constructed kana
These suggestions weren't accepted.
Unicode
[edit]The hiragana version is encoded as HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC YE (with the normative alias of HENTAIGANA LETTER E-1) in the position U+1B001. The katakana version is encoded as KATAKANA LETTER ARCHAIC YE, in the position of U+1B121.
References
[edit]- ^ Traditional kana
- ^ Constructed in Edo period–Meiji period
- ^ Iannacone, Jake (2020). "Reply to The Origin of Hiragana /wu/ 平仮名のわ行うの字源に対する新たな発見"
- ^ 『世界の文字の図典普及版』2009年, 世界の文字研究会, 吉川弘文館
- ^ 平仮名(大辞林特別ページ)
- ^ 石塚秀雄 「『土佐日記』における仮名表記の特色:「ア行のエ」「ヤ行のエ」に注目して」
- ^ 片仮名(大辞林特別ページ)
- ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (1995). A Case Study in Diachronic Phonology: The Japanese Onbin Sound Changes. Aarhus University Press. p. 73
- ^ 綴字篇
- ^ 綴字篇
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 綴字篇
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 音韻啓蒙 : 2巻. 上巻
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 綴字篇
- ^ 小学日本文典入門. 巻之1
- ^ 小学日本文典入門. 巻之1
- ^ 日本文典大綱
- ^ 仮名遣の栞
- ^ 日本新文典
- ^ 日本文法問答. 初編
- ^ 新式漢文捷径初歩
- ^ 実用日本語法 : 日清対訳
- ^ 小学教師心得・小学入門
- ^ 英和単語図解. 前篇
- ^ 古言衣延辨證補
- ^ 辞礎
- ^ 辞礎
- ^ 音韻啓蒙 : 2巻. 上巻