ぜ

ぜ U+305C, ぜ HIRAGANA LETTER ZE Composition: せ [U+305B] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← せ [U+305B] Hiragana そ → [U+305D]

See also: せ, ㄝ, and 也

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ぜ (romaji ze)

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

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

ぜ (rōmaji ze)

1. (colloquial) sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis

Usage notes

Similar to ぞ (zo), ぜ is mostly used by males. Unlike 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 (rōmaji ze)

1. 是: approval, agreement

Suffix

ぜ (rōmaji -ze)

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