せ

See also: ぜ, ㄝ, and 也

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 世 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

せ (romaji se)

1. The hiragana syllable せ (se). Its equivalent in katakana is セ (se). It is the fourteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行え段 (sa-gyō e-dan, “row sa, section e”).

Derived terms

• ぜ (ze)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Noun

せ • (se) 

1. 背: back, stature, ridge, spine
2. 瀬: rapids, current

Etymology 3

Kansai variant of そう.

Adverb

せ • (se) 

1. (Kansai) thus

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ [séꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞]

Noun

せ • (se) 

1. se (Japanese unit of area)

Usage notes

Different from the Chinese 畝 (ho, “mu”).