ね

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ne̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 祢 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

ね (romaji ne)

1. The hiragana syllable ね (ne). Its equivalent in katakana is ネ (ne). It is the twenty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is な行え段 (na-gyō e-dan, “row na, section e”).

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, こ𛄲 (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 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Compare Korean 네 (ne, “yes, yeah, right”).

Particle

ね • (ne) 

1. (after a phrase) emphasis and question marker particle; asks for confirmation; right?; eh?; isn't it, innit?

   あなたは頭(あたま)がいいね。

   Anata wa atama ga ii ne.

   You’re smart, aren’t you.

   格好(かっこう)いいですね。

   Kakkō ii desu ne.

   That’s pretty neat, eh?

   「キモい。」「だよねー」

   “Kimoi.”“Da yo nē”

   "Gross." "Isn't it?"

See also

• か (ka)

Interjection

ね • (ne) 

1. (informal, begins sentences) particle used to catch listener’s attention; hey

   ね、知(し)ってる？

   Ne, shitteru?

   Hey, did you know?

Synonyms

• ねえ (nē), ねぇ (nē)

Noun

ね • (ne) 

1. 子: Rat (zodiac)
2. 音: sound
3. 値: price
4. 根: root
5. 寝: sleep
6. 嶺, 峰: