Se (kana)

se
hiragana
japanese hiragana se
katakana
japanese katakana se
transliterationse
translit. with dakutenze
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana世 西 斉 勢 施 背 脊 迫 瀬
Voiced Man'yōgana是 湍
spelling kana世界のセ
(Sekai no "se")

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent the sound [se], and when written with dakuten represent the sound [ze]. In the Ainu language, the katakana セ is sometimes written with a handakuten (which can be entered into a computer as either one character (セ゚) or two combined ones (セ゜) to represent the [t͡se] sound, and is interchangeable with ツェ (tse).

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal s-
(さ行 sa-gyō)
se
sei
see
せい, せぃ
せえ, せぇ
せー
セイ, セィ
セエ, セェ
セー
Addition dakuten z-
(ざ行 za-gyō)
ze
zei
zee
ぜい, ぜぃ
ぜえ, ぜぇ
ぜー
ゼイ, ゼィ
ゼエ, ゼェ
ゼー