Ne (kana)
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ね, in hiragana, or ネ in katakana, 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."