Ke (kana)
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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.
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For the abbreviation, see ヶ.
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transliteration | ke | ||
translit. with dakuten | ge | ||
translit. with handakuten | (nge) | ||
hiragana origin | 計 | ||
katakana origin | 介 | ||
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 |
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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].