Ke (kana)

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The hiragana け.

The katakana ケ.

The hiragana げ.

The katakana ゲ.

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

け, in hiragana, or ケ in katakana, and ke in Romaji under Hepburn romanisation (IPA: /kɛ/), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. 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 Romaji, and the pronunciation shifts to /ge/.

This kana is pronounced KA as in "kale" (or GA as in "gale" with dakuten).

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ke	け	ケ
	kei kee kē	けい, けぃ けえ, けぇ けー	ケイ, ケィ ケエ, ケェ ケー
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	ge	げ	ゲ
	gei gee gē	げい, げぃ げえ, げぇ げー	ゲイ, ゲィ ゲエ, ゲェ ゲー

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