せ

See also: ぜ, ㄝ, and 也

せ U+305B, せ
HIRAGANA LETTER SE
← ず
[U+305A] 		Hiragana ぜ →
[U+305C]

Japanese

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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
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

せ (rōmaji se)

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

Etymology 3

Kansai variant of そう.

Adverb

せ (rōmaji se)

  1. (Kansai) thus
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