Variant Forms
Scaled-down versions of the kana (ぇ, ェ) are used to express morae foreign to the Japanese language, such as ヴェ (ve). In several Okinawan writing systems, a small ぇ is also combined with the kana く (ku) and ふ (fu or hu) to form the digraphs くぇ kwe and ふぇ hwe.
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