せ

• IPA^(key): [se̞]

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

せ (romaji se)

1. 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”).

• ぜ (ze)

• (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

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• (one's height): せい (sei)

• (one's back; the rear of something):

• (Tokyo) せ [sè] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) せ​ [séꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞]
• (one's height):

• (Tokyo) せ​ [séꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞]

せ (rōmaji se)

1. one's back (part of the human body)
2. 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.

3. the rear of something, the area behind

• (part of the body): 背 (せ)中 (なか) (senaka)

• (Tokyo) せ [sè] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) せ​ [séꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞]

せ (rōmaji se)

1. rapids, current

Kansai variant of そう.

せ (rōmaji se)

1. (Kansai) thus

   せやな。

   Se ya na.

   That is so. ("You're right", etc.)

• (Tokyo) せ​ [séꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞]

せ (rōmaji se)

1. se (Japanese unit of area)

Different from the Chinese 畝 (ho, “mu”).