で

Character	で
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER DE
Codepoint	U+3067

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology 1

The hiragana character て (te) with a dakuten (゛).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /de/

Syllable

で (Hepburn romanization de)

1. The hiragana syllable で (de), whose equivalent in katakana is デ (de).

Related terms

• For a list of words starting with で (de), see: Special:Allpages/で

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, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ ^[edit]

Etymology 2

Originally an alteration of にて (ni te), later treated as a conjugation of the copula だ (da)

Particle

で (romaji de)

1. indicating being at a location.

   ここで休みたい。

   ここでやすみたい。

   Koko de yasumitai.

   I want to rest here (at this location).

2. indicating instrumental, with, by.

   自転車で行きましょう。

   じてんしゃでいきましょう。

   Jitensha de ikimashō.

   Let's go by bicycle.

Synonyms

• にて (ni te)

Verb

で (de)

1. the て-form of だ.

Kanji reading

で (romaji de)

1. 出: exit