め (me), hiragana basic
め
me
ま row · e column
hiraganabasic2 strokes
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Similar characters
Words with め
目めeye
眼鏡めがねglasses
はじめましてnice to meet you
How to remember it
めTwo strokes cross into an open loop. Me is Japanese for eye, written 目. Unlike ぬ, this shape has no small loop at the end.
Where it comes from
女め
め developed from the cursive writing of 女. Unlike ぬ, which comes from 奴, it has no final small loop.