Ne (kana)

ne
hiragana katakana
transliteration	ne
hiragana origin	祢
katakana origin	祢

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].

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."

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal n- (な行 na-gyō)	ne	ね	ネ
	nei nee nē	ねい, ねぃ ねえ, ねぇ ねー	ネイ, ネィ ネエ, ネェ ネー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ね

Stroke order in writing ネ

Stroke order in writing ね

Stroke order in writing ネ

Other representations

• Computer encodings

Character	ね		ネ		ﾈ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER NE		KATAKANA LETTER NE		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NE
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12397	U+306D	12493	U+30CD	65416	U+FF88
UTF-8	227 129 173	E3 81 AD	227 131 141	E3 83 8D	239 190 136	EF BE 88
Numeric character reference	ね	ね	ネ	ネ	ﾈ	ﾈ
Shift JIS	130 203	82 CB	131 108	83 6C	200	C8

• Braille

ね / ネ in Japanese Braille
ね / ネ ne	ねい / ネー nē/nei

• Japanese semaphore

In popular culture

In the manga "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" ね is Jelly Jiggler's least favorite kana.

In the manga and anime "One Piece" ね is the frequently said catch-phrase of Trebol in the Donquixote Pirates.