# ゼ — katakana “ze”

ゼ is the katakana character for the sound “ze”. It is written with 4 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is ぜ.

- Reading: ze
- Strokes: 4
- Hiragana: ぜ

## How ゼ sounds

ゼ is セ with dakuten (゛): se becomes ze.

## Words with ゼ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ゼロ | zero | zero |
| プレゼント | purezento | present |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/katakana-chart/ze/. Last updated 2026-11-01.