Ne (kana)
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| transliteration | ne | |||
| hiragana origin | 祢 | |||
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ね, in hiragana, or ネ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana is made in four. Both represent [ne].
As a particle, it is used at the end of a sentence, equivalent to an English, "right?" or "isn't it?" It is also used as slang in Japan to get someone's attention, the English equivalent being "hey" or "hey, you."
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal n- (な行 na-gyō) |
ne | ね | ネ |
| nei nee nē |
ねい, ねぃ ねえ, ねぇ ねー |
ネイ, ネィ ネエ, ネェ ネー |
Stroke order
 Stroke order in writing ね |
 Stroke order in writing ネ |
Other representations
| Character | ね | ネ | ﾈ | |||
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER NE | KATAKANA LETTER NE | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NE | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 12397 | U+306D | 12493 | U+30CD | 65416 | U+FF88 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 173 | E3 81 AD | 227 131 141 | E3 83 8D | 239 190 136 | EF BE 88 |
| Numeric character reference | ね | ね | ネ | ネ | ﾈ | ﾈ |
| Shift JIS | 130 203 | 82 CB | 131 108 | 83 6C | 200 | C8 |
- Braille
| ね / ネ in Japanese Braille | |
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| ね / ネ ne | ねい / ネー nē/nei |
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In popular culture
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Look up ね or ネ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
In the manga "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" ね is Jelly Jiggler's least favorite kana.
In the manga and anime "One Piece" ね is the frequently said catch-phrase of Trebol in the Donquixote Pirates.
In the anime "A Place Further Than The Universe" ね is described by the main character Kimari as a summation of the concept of friendship in the tenth episode of the series.