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See also: ヶ, ク, ゲ, ケ゚, 竹, and 𫡏

ケ U+30B1, ケ KATAKANA LETTER KE ← グ [U+30B0] Katakana ゲ → [U+30B2]

㋘ U+32D8, ㋘ CIRCLED KATAKANA KE ← ㋗ [U+32D7] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㋙ → [U+32D9]

ｹ U+FF79, ｹ HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KE ← ｸ [U+FF78] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｺ → [U+FF7A]

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology 1

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 介.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke̞]

Syllable

ケ • (ke) 

1. The katakana syllable ケ (ke). Its equivalent in hiragana is け (ke). It is the ninth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is カ行エ段 (ka-gyō e-dan, “row ka, section e”).

Usage notes

The katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of gairaigo (loan words), as well as to represent onomatopoeias, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. It is also occasionally used in some words for emphasis, or to ease reading; katakana may be preferred for words becoming buried in the text if they are written under their canonical form in hiragana. Names of Japanese companies, as well as certain Japanese language words such as colloquial terms, are also sometimes written in katakana rather than the other systems. Formerly, female given names were often written in katakana.^[edit]

See also

• (Katakana) 片仮名; アァ, イィ, ウゥヴ, エェ(𛀀), オォ, カヵガ, キギ, クㇰグ, ケヶゲ, コ𛅕 (𛅕)ゴコ゚, サザ, シㇱジ, スㇲズ, セゼ, ソゾ, タダ, チヂ, ツッヅ, テデ, トㇳド, ナ, ニ, ヌㇴ, ネ, ノ, ハㇵバパ, ヒㇶビピ, フㇷブプ, ヘㇸベペ, ホㇹボポ, マ, ミ, ムㇺ, メ, モ, ヤャ, 𛄠 (𛄠), ユュ, エ/𛄡 (𛄡), ヨョ, ラㇻラ゚, リㇼリ゚, ルㇽル゚, レㇾレ゚, ロㇿロ゚, ワヮヷ, ヰ𛅤 (𛅤)ヸ, 𛄢 (𛄢), ヱ𛅥 (𛅥)ヹ, ヲ𛅦 (𛅦)ヺ, ン𛅧 (𛅧), ー, ヽ, ヾヿ

• (Southern Min additional) ウ̅ゥ̅, オ̅, カ̣,キ̣, ク̣, ケ̣, コ̣, サ̅サ̣̅, セ̅セ̣̅, ソ̅ソ̣̅, タ̣, チ̣, チ̅チ̣̅, ツ̣ツ̅ツ̣̅, テ̣, ト̣, パ̣, ピ̣, プ̣, ペ̣, ポ̣, 𚿰𚿷, 𚿱𚿸, 𚿲𚿺, 𚿳𚿻, 𚿵𚿽, 𚿶𚿾,

Etymology 2

Particle

ケ or が • (ke) 

1. (rare) alternative spelling of ヶ.

   市(いち)ケ谷(や)駅(えき) ― Ichigaya eki ― Ichigaya station