Ke (kana)

, (in hiragana) or , (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.

ke
hiragana
japanese hiragana ke
katakana
japanese katakana ke
transliterationke
translit. with dakutenge
translit. with handakuten(nge)
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana祁 家 計 係 價 結 鶏 気 既 毛 飼 消
Voiced Man'yōgana下 牙 雅 夏 義 気 宜 礙 削
spelling kana景色のケ
(Keshiki no "ke")
Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented syllables with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation

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
Normal k-
(か行 ka-gyō)
ke
kei
kee
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
gei
gee
げい, げぃ
げえ, げぇ
げー
ゲイ, ゲィ
ゲエ, ゲェ
ゲー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing け
Stroke order in writing け
Stroke order in writing ケ
Stroke order in writing ケ
Stroke order in writing け
Stroke order in writing ケ

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
け / ケ in Japanese Braille
け / ケ
ke
げ / ゲ
ge
けい / ケー
/kei
げい / ゲー
/gei
⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER KE KATAKANA LETTER KE HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KE HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KE KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12369U+305112465U+30B165401U+FF7912438U+309612534U+30F6
UTF-8227 129 145E3 81 91227 130 177E3 82 B1239 189 185EF BD B9227 130 150E3 82 96227 131 182E3 83 B6
Numeric character referenceけけケケケケゖゖヶヶ
Shift JIS (plain)[1]130 17582 AF131 8083 50185B9131 15083 96
Shift JIS-2004[2]130 17582 AF131 8083 50185B9130 24482 F4131 15083 96
EUC-JP (plain)[3]164 177A4 B1165 177A5 B1142 1858E B9165 246A5 F6
EUC-JIS-2004[4]164 177A4 B1165 177A5 B1142 1858E B9164 246A4 F6165 246A5 F6
GB 18030[5]164 177A4 B1165 177A5 B1132 49 152 4984 31 98 31129 57 166 5681 39 A6 38165 246A5 F6
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 177AA B1171 177AB B1171 246AB F6
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 181C6 B5199 73C7 49199 176C7 B0
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]198 247C6 F7199 173C7 AD199 242C7 F2
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER GE KATAKANA LETTER GE HIRAGANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGE[10] KATAKANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGE[10] CIRCLED KATAKANA KE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12370U+305212466U+30B212369 12442U+3051+309A12465 12442U+30B1+309A13016U+32D8
UTF-8227 129 146E3 81 92227 130 178E3 82 B2227 129 145 227 130 154E3 81 91 E3 82 9A227 130 177 227 130 154E3 82 B1 E3 82 9A227 139 152E3 8B 98
Numeric character referenceげげゲゲけ゚け゚ケ゚ケ゚㋘㋘
Shift JIS (plain)[1]130 17682 B0131 8183 51
Shift JIS-2004[2]130 17682 B0131 8183 51130 24882 F8131 15483 9A
EUC-JP (plain)[3]164 178A4 B2165 178A5 B2
EUC-JIS-2004[4]164 178A4 B2165 178A5 B2164 250A4 FA165 250A5 FA
GB 18030[5]164 178A4 B2165 178A5 B2
EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 178AA B2171 178AB B2
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 182C6 B6199 74C7 4A
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]198 248C6 F8199 174C7 AE

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