き゚ぇ
See also: きぇ and ぎぇ
Japanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ŋʲe̞]
Syllable
き゚ぇ (romaji ngye)
- (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable き゚ぇ (ngye). Its equivalent in katakana is キ゚ェ (ngye)
Usage notes
[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese; this phenomenon is known as 鼻濁音 (bidakuon, “nasal voiced sound”). This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.