せ

せ U+305B, せ HIRAGANA LETTER SE ← ず [U+305A] Hiragana ぜ → [U+305C]

Stroke order

• IPA^(key): [se̞]

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

せ • (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

For pronunciation and definitions of せ – see the following entry.

【背】6 [noun] one's back (part of the human body) [noun] one's height [noun] the rear of something, the area behind Alternative spelling 脊

(This term, せ (se), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as せ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as せ.)

Alternative spelling
瀬

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

せ • (se) 

1. rapids, current

せ • (se) 

1. (Kansai) thus

   Synonym: (standard Japanese) そう

   せやな。

   Se ya na.

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

Alternative spelling
畝

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

せ • (se) 

1. se (Japanese unit of area)

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