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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 |
kei kee kē |
けい, けぃ けえ, けぇ けー |
ケイ, ケィ ケエ, ケェ ケー |
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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 |
In Japanese Braille, け or ケ is represented as:
● | ● |
● | - |
- | ● |
The Wabun code for け or ケ is -・--.
See also small ke.