Ne (kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
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Ne (hiragana: ね, katakana: ネ) 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].
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| Transliteration | ne | ||
| Hiragana origin | 祢 | ||
| Katakana origin | 祢 | ||
| Man'yōgana | 禰 尼 泥 年 根 宿 | ||
| Spelling kana | ねずみのネ (Nezumi no ne) | ||
| Unicode | U+306D, U+30CD | ||
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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."
Stroke order
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Other communicative representations
| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| ねずみのネ Nezumi no "Ne" |
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| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-1234 Japanese Braille |
- Full Braille representation
| 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
In the manga "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" ね is Jelly Jiggler's least favorite kana.
