け

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 Noun

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
け Unicode: U+3051Katakana: ケHepburn romanization: keNihon-shiki romanization: kePolivanov cyrillization: кэJapanese braille: ⠫

[edit] Syllable

け

1. The hiragana syllable at か行え段 (row KA, section E) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 計 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

け (romaji ke)

1. The /ke/ syllable.
2. The ninth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is く and the next character is こ. The equivalent katakana character is ケ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with け (ke) see: Special:Allpages/け

[edit] Derived terms

• げ (ge)

[edit] Noun

け (romaji ke)

1. 毛: hair