See also: ぜ ,
せ゚ ,
ㄝ , and 也
Japanese [ edit ]
Stroke order
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 世 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable [ edit ]
せ • (se )
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 [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
(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 𛄲 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 , 𛀆 , ゆ ゅ , 𛀁 , よ ょ , ら ら゚ , り り゚ , る る゚ , れ れ゚ , ろ ろ゚ , わ ゎ わ゙ , ゐ 𛅐 ゐ゙ , 𛄟 , ゑ 𛅑 ゑ゙ , を 𛅒 を゙ , ん , ー , ゝ , ゞ , ゟ
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
( one's back; the rear of something ) :
せ • (se )
背 : one's back ( part of the human body )
背 : one's height
田( た ) 中( なか ) さんは背( せ ) が高( たか ) い。Tanaka-san wa se ga takai. Tanaka is tall.
背 : the rear of something, the area behind
Synonyms [ edit ]
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
せ • (se )
rapids , current
Etymology 4 [ edit ]
Kansai variant of そう .
せ • (se )
( Kansai ) thus
せ やな。Se ya na.That is so. ("You're right", etc.)
Etymology 5 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
せ • (se )
畝 : se ( Japanese unit of area )
Usage notes [ edit ]
Different from the Chinese 畝 ( ho , “ mu ” ) .
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