ぜ — hiragana “ze”

ぜ is the hiragana character for the sound “ze”. It is written with 5 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ゼ.

ぜ

How to write ぜ

Follow the numbers on the diagram: each stroke starts at its number. Keep to this order, because that is how your hand remembers the shape.

ぜ is せ with dakuten (゛): se becomes ze.

Last updated 1 November 2026