Ke (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	ke
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	計
Katakana Man'yōgana:	介
Unicode:	U+3051
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, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent (IPA) /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 Romaji, and the pronunciation shifts to /ge/.

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

[edit] Stroke order

[edit] Other communicative representations

In Japanese Braille, け or ケ is represented as:

●	●
●	－
－	●

The Wabun code for け or ケ is －・－－.

See also small ke.