せ
Japanese
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 世 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
せ (romaji se)
- 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
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背 脊 |
Alternative forms
- (one's height): せい (sei)
Pronunciation
- (one's back; the rear of something):
- (one's height):
Noun
- one's back (part of the human body)
- one's height
- 田中さんは背が高い。
- Tanaka-san wa se ga takai.
- Tanaka is tall.
- 田中さんは背が高い。
- the rear of something, the area behind
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Alternative spelling |
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瀬 |
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 4
Adverb
- (Kansai) thus
- せやな。
- Se ya na.
- That is so. ("You're right", etc.)
- せやな。
Etymology 5
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畝 |
Pronunciation
Noun
- se (Japanese unit of area)
Usage notes
Different from the Chinese 畝 (ho, “mu”).