Ye (hiragana: 𛀁, katakana: エ, sometimes distinguished as 𛄡) is a Japanese mora or a kana used to write it, no longer in standard use.

[3] It is presumed that 𛀁 would have represented [je] ⓘ[citation needed].

However, during the Meiji period, linguists almost unanimously agreed on the kana for yi, ye, and wu.

𛀆 and 𛄢 are thought to have never occurred as morae in Japanese, and 𛀁 was merged with え and エ. Japanese people separated e and ye in Man'yōgana, early Hiragana and early Katakana.

Japanese people didn't separate them in normal writing.