See also: , せ゚, , and

U+305B, せ
HIRAGANA LETTER SE

[U+305A]
Hiragana
[U+305C]

Japanese

Stroke order
3 strokes

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se̞]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

• (se) 

  1. The hiragana syllable (se). Its equivalent in katakana is (se). It is the fourteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (sa-gyō e-dan, row sa, section e).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (one's back; the rear of something):
  • (one's height):

Noun

• (se) 

  1. : one's back (part of the human body)
  2. : one's height
    ()(なか)さんは()(たか)い。
    Tanaka-san wa se ga takai.
    Tanaka is tall.
  3. : the rear of something, the area behind
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling

Pronunciation

Noun

• (se) 

  1. rapids, current

Etymology 4

Kansai variant of そう.

Adverb

• (se) 

  1. (Kansai) thus
    やな。
    Se ya na.
    That is so. ("You're right", etc.)

Etymology 5

Alternative spelling

Pronunciation

Noun

• (se) 

  1. : se (Japanese unit of area)
Usage notes

Different from the Chinese (ho, mu).

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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