ね (ne), hiragana basic
ね
ne
な row · e column
hiraganabasic2 strokes
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Similar characters
Words with ね
寝るねるsleep; go to bed
猫ねこcat
またねsee you
How to remember it
ねImagine a cat with a curled tail beside a post. Neko is Japanese for cat; use its first sound, ne.
Where it comes from
祢ね
ね developed from the cursive writing of 祢, a form of 禰. The final loop helps distinguish it from れ.