The hiragana syllable ゐぇ (wye). Its equivalent in katakana is ヰェ (wye).

The katakana syllable ヰェ (wye). Its equivalent in hiragana is ゐぇ (wye).

(phonology) a syllable / (loosely, phonology, poetry) Synonym of モーラ (mōra, “a mora”)

the Japanese language

the past / ancient times

(not of a person) old, aged, antiquated

old

(archaic) The hiragana syllable ゐ (wi). Its equivalent in katakana is ヰ (wi). It is the forty-fifth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is わ行い段 (wa-gyō i-dan, “row wa, section i”).

Small combining form of hiragana え (e) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.

The hiragana syllable いぇ (ye). Its equivalent in katakana is イェ (ye).