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The katakana syllable ワ (wa). Its equivalent in hiragana is わ (wa). It is the forty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ワ行ア段 (wa-gyō a-dan, “row wa, section a”).

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syllablewa[β̞a̠]
  1. The katakana syllable ワ (wa). Its equivalent in hiragana is わ (wa). It is the forty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ワ行ア段 (wa-gyō a-dan, “row wa, section a”).

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Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 和.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.