Ke (kana)
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 Hiragana |
 Katakana |
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| Transliteration: | ke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana Man'yōgana: | 計 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katakana Man'yōgana: | 介 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unicode: | U+3051 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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け, in hiragana, or ケ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent [ke]. The shape of these kana come from the kanji 計 and 介, respectively.
A dakuten may be added to this character; this changes it to げ in hiragana, ゲ in katakana, ge in Hepburn romanization, and the pronunciation shifts to [ɡe] in initial positions, and varying between [ŋe] and [ɣe] in the middle of words.
A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ke in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation [ŋe].
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana | |
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| Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō) |
Ke | け | ケ | ケイティー Keitī Katie |
| Kei Kē |
けい, けぃ けえ, げぇ けー, け～ |
ケイ, ケィ ケエ, ケェ ケー, ケ～ |
Cake (ケーキ Kēki) | |
| Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō) |
Ge | げ | ゲ | Gettysburg (ゲティスバーグ, Getisubāgu) |
| Gei Gē |
げい, げぃ げえ, げぇ げー, げ～ |
ゲイ, ゲィ ゲエ, ゲェ ゲー, ゲ～ |
ゲーム Gēmu Game |
[edit] Stroke order
[edit] Other communicative representations
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Look up け, げ, ケ, or ゲ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
In Japanese Braille, け or ケ is represented as:
| ● | ● |
| ● | － |
| － | ● |
The Wabun code for け or ケ is －・－－.
See also small ke.
