Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

ぜ ‎(romaji ze)

1. The hiragana syllable ぜ ‎(ze). Its equivalent in katakana is ゼ ‎(ze).

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

Etymology 2

Appears in the Edo Period as alteration from older zoe, itself likely rendaku (連濁) applied to the stem soe of verb 添える, 副える ‎(soeru, “to add or attach to something else”). See also そえに ‎(soe ni, “what's more, furthermore, in addition”), さえ ‎(sae, “also”).

Particle

ぜ ‎(romaji ze)

1. (colloquial) sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis

Usage notes

Similar to ぞ ‎(zo), ぜ is mostly used by males. Unlike ぞ, ぜ is never considered polite, and is considered somewhat more forceful and rougher or informal than ぞ.

Etymology 3

Reading of various kanji.

Noun

ぜ ‎(romaji ze)

1. 是: approval, agreement

Suffix

ぜ ‎(romaji -ze)

1. 前: (honorific) suffix attached to certain nouns referring to people