We (kana)
' in , or ' in , is a nearly obsolete Japanese . The combination of a W-column kana letter with in was also introduced to represent [ve] in the 19th century and 20th century. It is presumed that represented , and that and indicated different pronunciations until somewhere between the Kamakura period and the Taishō period, when they both came to be pronounced as , later shifting to the modern . Along with the kana for ( in , in ), this was deemed obsolete in Japanese in 1946 and replaced with and . It is now rare in everyday usage; in onomatopoeia or foreign words, the katakana  form (U-[small-e]) is preferred, as in for "west". The still sees some modern-day usage. Ebisu is usually written as , but sometimes like , and name of the beer , which is actually pronounced "Ebisu". The Japanese title of the "Rebuild of Evangelion" series is . is sometimes written with a , , to represent a sound in foreign words; however, most IMEs lack a convenient way to write this, and the combination is far more common. Stroke order. The is made with one stroke. It resembles a that continues with a double-humped shape underneath. The is made with three strokes: We (kana