ぜ

Character	ぜ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER ZE
Unicode block	Hiragana
Codepoint	U+305C

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze/, [ze̞]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character せ (se) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

ぜ (Hepburn romanization ze)

1. The hiragana syllable ぜ (ze), whose equivalent in katakana is ゼ (ze).

Related terms

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

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

Etymology 2

Appears in the Edo Period as alteration from older zoe, itself likely rendaku (連濁) applied to the stem soe of verb 添える, 副える (soeru, “to add or attach to something else”). See also そえに (soe ni, “what's more, furthermore, in addition”), さえ (sae, “also”).

Particle

Wikipedia

ぜ (romaji ze)

1. (colloquial) sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis

Usage notes

Similar to ぞ (zo), ぜ is mostly used by males. Unline ぞ, ぜ is never considered polite, and is considered somewhat more forceful and rougher or informal than ぞ.

Etymology 3

Reading of various kanji.

Noun

ぜ (romaji ze)

1. 是: approval, agreement

Suffix

ぜ (romaji ze)

1. 前: (honorific) suffix attached to certain nouns referring to people