Ke (kana)
け, in hiragana or ケ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent. 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 in initial positions and varying between and 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.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
Normal k-
| ke | け | ケ |
Normal k-
| 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-
| ge | げ | ゲ |
Addition dakuten g-
| gei
gee
gē | げい, げぃ
げえ, げぇ
げー | ゲイ, ゲィ
ゲエ, ゲェ
ゲー |
Stroke order
