ね

Character	ね
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER NE
Codepoint	U+306D

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ne̞]

Syllable

ね (Hepburn romanization ne)

1. The hiragana syllable ね (ne), whose equivalent in katakana is ネ (ne). It is the twenty-fourth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is な行え段 (NA-gyō, E-dan; “row NA, section E”).

Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ね (ne) see: Special:Allpages/ね

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

Particle

ね (romaji ne)

1. (after a phrase) emphasis and question marker particle; asks for confirmation; right?; eh?
   • 君は賢いね。

     きみはかしこいね。

     Kimi wa kashikoi ne.

     You’re pretty smart, aren’t you.

   • 格好いいですね。

     かっこういいですね。

     Kakkō ii desu ne.

     That’s pretty neat, eh?

See also

• か (ka)

Interjection

ね (romaji ne)

1. (informal, before sentences) particle used to catch listener’s attention; hey
   • ね、今何時?

     ね、いまなんじ?

     Ne, ima nanji?

     Hey, what time is it?

Synonyms

• ねえ