E (kana)

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e
hiragana katakana
transliteration	e
hiragana origin	衣
katakana origin	江
Man'yōgana	衣 依 愛 榎 曳 延 要 遥 叡 兄 江 吉 枝
spelling kana	英語のエ (Eigo no "e")
Note: The Man'yōgana represented either the "e" or "ye" mora, which merged in later pronunciation.

In Japanese writing, the kana え (hiragana) and エ (katakana) (romanised e) occupy the fourth place, between う and お, in the modern Gojūon (五十音) system of collating kana. In the Iroha, they occupy the 34th, between こ and て. In the table at right (ordered by columns, from right to left), え lies in the first column (あ行, "column A") and the fourth row (え段, "row E"). Both represent [e].