わ゙

See also: わ and ゔぁ

Japanese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [va̠]
IPA^(key): [ba̠] (some speakers, especially older people)

Syllable

わ゙ • (va)

(rare) The hiragana syllable わ゙ (va). Its equivalent in katakana is ヷ (va).

Usage notes

This is a relatively recent addition to kana usage to represent the non-native sound va. As such, this is only found in borrowed words. Many speakers, especially older people, may pronounce this more as ba, [ba̠].

See also

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕがか゚	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	らら゚	わゎわ゙	ん
いぃ	きぎき゚	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み	𛀆	りり゚	ゐ 𛅐 ゐ゙
うぅゔ	くぐく゚	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	るる゚	𛄟
えぇ	けゖげけ゚	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め	𛀁	れれ゚	ゑ 𛅑 ゑ゙
おぉ	こごこ゚	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろろ゚	を 𛅒 を゙
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ

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