Wi (kana), the Glossary
(ゐ,: ヰ) is an obsolete Japanese (Japanese phonetic characters, each of which represents one mora), which is normally pronounced in current-day Japanese.[1]
Table of Contents
49 relations: Big5, Character encoding, Chinese character strokes, Cloistered rule, Extended Unix Code, Fujiwara no Teika, Future Diary, GB 18030, Gojūon, Heian period, Hiragana, Historical kana orthography, Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set, I (kana), Input method, International Components for Unicode, Iroha, Japanese Braille, JIS X 0213, Kamakura period, Kana, Katakana, Man'yōgana, Microsoft, Mora (linguistics), Muromachi period, Nanboku-chō period, Nara period, Nikka Whisky Distilling, Nu (kana), Okinawan scripts, Onomatopoeia, Renga, Romanization of Japanese, Shift JIS, Siddhaṃ script, Taishō era, Tosa Nikki, Touhou Project, U (kana), Unicode Consortium, Unified Hangul Code, University of the Ryukyus, Waka (poetry), We (kana), Well, WHATWG, Whisky, Yoiko (owarai).
Big5
Big-5 or Big5 (t) is a Chinese character encoding method used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau for traditional Chinese characters.
Character encoding
Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using digital computers.
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Chinese character strokes
Strokes are the smallest structural units making up written Chinese characters.
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Cloistered rule
was a form of government in Japan during the Heian period.
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Extended Unix Code
Extended Unix Code (EUC) is a multibyte character encoding system used primarily for Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese (characters).
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Fujiwara no Teika
, better-known as Fujiwara no Teika"Sadaie" and "Teika" are both possible readings of 定家; "...there is the further problem, the rendition of the name in romanized form.
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Future Diary
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno.
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GB 18030
GB 18030 is a Chinese government standard, described as Information Technology — Chinese coded character set and defines the required language and character support necessary for software in China.
Gojūon
In the Japanese language, the is a traditional system ordering kana characters by their component phonemes, roughly analogous to alphabetical order.
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.
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Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji.
Historical kana orthography
The, or, refers to the in general use until orthographic reforms after World War II; the current orthography was adopted by Cabinet order in 1946.
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Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set
The Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set (香港增補字符集; commonly abbreviated to HKSCS) is a set of Chinese characters – 4,702 in total in the initial release—used in Cantonese, as well as when writing the names of some places in Hong Kong (whether in written Cantonese or standard written Chinese sentences).
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I (kana)
I (い in hiragana or イ in katakana) is one of the Japanese kana each of which represents one mora. Wi (kana) and i (kana) are Specific kana.
Input method
An input method (or input method editor, commonly abbreviated IME) is an operating system component or program that enables users to generate characters not natively available on their input devices by using sequences of characters (or mouse operations) that are available to them.
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International Components for Unicode
International Components for Unicode (ICU) is an open-source project of mature C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode support, software internationalization, and software globalization.
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Iroha
The is a Japanese poem.
Japanese Braille
Japanese Braille is the braille script of the Japanese language.
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JIS X 0213
JIS X 0213 is a Japanese Industrial Standard defining coded character sets for encoding the characters used in Japan.
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
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Kana
are syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae.
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
Man'yōgana
is an ancient writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Japanese language.
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Mora (linguistics)
A mora (plural morae or moras; often symbolized μ) is a basic timing unit in the phonology of some spoken languages, equal to or shorter than a syllable.
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Muromachi period
The, also known as the, is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573.
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Nanboku-chō period
The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, Nanboku-chō jidai, "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi (Ashikaga) shogunate of Japanese history.
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Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794.
Nikka Whisky Distilling
The is a producer of Japanese whisky and other beverages headquartered in Tokyo.
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Nu (kana)
Nu, ぬ in hiragana, or ヌ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana each representing one mora. Wi (kana) and Nu (kana) are Specific kana.
Okinawan scripts
Okinawan, spoken in Okinawa Island, was once the official language of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.
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Renga
Renga (連歌, linked poem) is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry in which alternating stanzas, or ku (句), of 5-7-5 and 7-7 mora (sound units, not to be confused with syllables) per line are linked in succession by multiple poets.
Romanization of Japanese
The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language.
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Shift JIS
Shift JIS (also SJIS, MIME name Shift_JIS, known as PCK in Solaris contexts) is a character encoding for the Japanese language, originally developed by the Japanese company ASCII Corporation in conjunction with Microsoft and standardized as JIS X 0208 Appendix 1.
Siddhaṃ script
(also), also known in its later evolved form as Siddhamātṛkā, is a medieval Brahmic abugida, derived from the Gupta script and ancestral to the Nāgarī, Eastern Nagari, Tirhuta, Odia and Nepalese scripts.
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Taishō era
The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō.
Tosa Nikki
The is a poetic diary written anonymously by the tenth-century Japanese poet Ki no Tsurayuki.
Touhou Project
, also known simply as, is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by independent Japanese ''doujin'' soft developer Team Shanghai Alice.
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U (kana)
U (hiragana: う, katakana: ウ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Wi (kana) and u (kana) are Specific kana.
Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium (legally Unicode, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated and based in Mountain View, California, U.S. Its primary purpose is to maintain and publish the Unicode Standard which was developed with the intention of replacing existing character encoding schemes that are limited in size and scope, and are incompatible with multilingual environments.
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Unified Hangul Code
Unified Hangul Code (UHC), or Extended Wansung, also known under Microsoft Windows as Code Page 949 (Windows-949, MS949 or ambiguously CP949), is the Microsoft Windows code page for the Korean language.
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University of the Ryukyus
The, abbreviated to, is a Japanese national university in Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
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Waka (poetry)
is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature.
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We (kana)
ゑ in, or ヱ in, is an obsolete Japanese that is normally pronounced in current-day Japanese. Wi (kana) and We (kana) are Specific kana.
Well
A well is an excavation or structure created in the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water.
WHATWG
The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) is a community of people interested in evolving HTML and related technologies.
Whisky
Whisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from fermented grain mash.
Yoiko (owarai)
is a Japanese comic duo from Konohana-ku, Osaka that is employed by the comedy talent agency Shochiku Geino.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi_(kana)
Also known as .