ね

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Particle 2.3.1 See also

[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
ね Unicode: U+306DKatakana: ネHepburn romanization: neNihon-shiki romanization: nePolivanov cyrillization: нэJapanese braille: ⠏

[edit] Syllable

ね

1. The hiragana syllable at な行え段 (row NA, 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 祢 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

ね (romaji ne)

1. The /ne/ syllable.
2. The twenty-fourth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is ぬ and the next character is の. The equivalent katakana character is ネ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ね (ne) see: Special:Allpages/ね

[edit] Particle

ね (romaji ne)

1. (after a phrase) emphasis and question marker particle; asks for confirmation; right?; eh?
   • 君は賢いよね。

     きみはかしこいよね。

     Kimi wa kashikoi yo ne.

     You’re pretty smart, aren’t you.

   • 格好いいですね。

     かっこういいですね。

     Kakkō ii desu ne.

     That’s pretty neat, eh?

2. (informal, before sentences) particle used to catch listener’s attention; hey
   • ね、今何時。

     ね、いまなんじ。

     Ne, ima nanji?

     Hey, what time is it?

[edit] See also

• か (ka)