せ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 Noun

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
せ Unicode: U+305BKatakana: セHepburn romanization: seNihon-shiki romanization: sePolivanov cyrillization: сэJapanese braille: ⠻

[edit] Syllable

せ

1. The hiragana syllable at さ行え段 (row SA, section E) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hiragana character

せ (romaji se)

1. The /se/ syllable.
2. The fourteenth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is す and the next character is そ. The equivalent katakana character is セ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with せ (se) see: Special:Allpages/せ

[edit] Derived terms

• ぜ (ze)

[edit] Noun

せ (romaji se)

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