# ゐ

| ゐ | U+3090, &#12432; HIRAGANA LETTER WI |
| ← わ [U+308F] | Hiragana | ゑ → [U+3091] |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [β̞i]
* IPA: [i]
(rare)

#### Syllable

ゐ • (i)
* (archaic) The hiragana syllable ゐ (i). Its equivalent in katakana is ヰ (i). 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”).

##### Usage notes

This is now an obsolete hiragana. It was replaced by い during the Japanese script reform in 1946. Compare ゑ, which was replaced at the same time.

##### 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
* うぃ (wi)

### Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ゐ – see the following entries. :
| 【井い】4 | [proper noun] a surname |
(This term, ゐ (i), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) :
| 【井い】4 | [noun] well (water source) |
| 【委い】3 | [affix] entrust; leave to [affix] cast aside; abandon [affix] detailed [affix] Short for 委員会 (iinkai, “committee”). |
| 【位い】4 | [affix] rank, place [counter] rank, place [counter] decimal place [counter] ghosts |
| 【囲い】5 | [counter] counter for the amount that can be encircled in one's arms, used as a rough measurement of circumference (roughly 1.5 meters) [affix] surround; encircle; enclosure [affix] circumference |
| 【胃い】6 | [noun] stomach [proper noun] (Chinese astronomy) Stomach Mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions) [affix] gastric; of or relating to the stomach |
| 【遺い】6 | [noun] something fallen, something lost or left behind [affix] be left, remain [affix] leave behind after one's death, bequeath [affix] leave behind, forget [affix] give, present [affix] let leak |
| 【威い】S | [noun] power; might; strength; authority [affix] power; might; strength; authority; dignity; majesty |
| 【為い】S | [noun] the twelfth string on a 箏 (koto, “Japanese zither”) [noun] a fingering method for playing the 尺八 (shakuhachi, “Japanese endblown flute”) [affix] do, perform, carry out |
| 【畏い】S | [affix] fear [affix] respect |
| 【唯い】S | [interjection] polite particle used to respond to elders: yes [affix] polite particle used to respond to elders: yes |
| 【尉い】S | [affix] a watchman or military officer in the ancient Chinese military [affix] A military rank. |
| 【萎い】S | [affix] wither; droop |
| 【偉い】S | [noun] (literary) greatness [adjective] (literary) great [affix] great, excellent, magnificent, extraordinary |
| 【彙い】S | [affix] to sort and collect; collection, compilation, group |
| 【違い】S | [affix] differ; vary [affix] go against; run counter to; disobey |
| 【維い】S | [affix] hold together; keep; maintain [affix] what holds together; net, supportive |
| 【慰い】S | [affix] comfort; console |
| 【緯い】S | [noun] weft, woof [noun] parallels of latitude |
| 【帷い】H | [noun] a curtain or hanging that covers all sides [affix] hanging; curtain |
| 【蝟い】H | [noun] the Chinese name of the 針鼠 (harinezumi, “hedgehog”) |
| 【亥い】J | [proper noun] the Boar, the twelfth of the twelve Earthly Branches |
| 【居い】5 | [noun] being (in a place), sitting (in a place); a seat |
| 【猪い】J | [noun] a pig or wild boar |
| 【堰い】J | [noun] a dike or levee for containing water |
(This term, ゐ (wi), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ゐ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ゐ.) :