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Japanese symbol for “se”

Romaji: se
se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)

In Japanese, se is , read (se).

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Meanings

  1. n se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)

Kanji and stroke order

furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge
on: ボウ、ホ、モ、ム
kun: せ、うね
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “se”

WordReadingMeaning
しつ shitsuse (ancient Chinese plucked zither, usu. with 25 or 23 strings)
ひょうじゅんごさ hyoujungosastandard error; SE
ソフトウェアエンジニアリング sofutoweaenjiniaringusoftware engineering; SE

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
うねり uneriundulation; winding; meandering
うねる uneruto wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist
うねま unemafurrow; room with ridged roof
うねみぞ unemizofurrow ridges
うねたて unetatebuilding rice-field ridges
うねおり uneoriribbed fabric; corded fabric; ridged fabric

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.