ヶ

Character	ヶ
Unicode name	KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KE
Codepoint	U+30F6

Japanese

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

An abbreviation for the kanji 箇 (ka), the counter for months, places or provisions.

Note that ヶ is a graphical abbreviation of the top of the character (⺮, 竹), and is pronounced カ (or ガ) (ka or ga), not as ケ (ke).

Counter

ヶ (kanji 箇, hiragana か, romaji ka)

1. (the counter for months, places or provisions of Classical Chinese origin)

   三ヶ月

   sankagetsu

   three months (in duration)

   三ヶ国

   sankakoku

   three countries

Alternative forms

• か
• カ
• ヵ
• 箇

Etymology 2

Particle

ヶ (hiragana が, romaji ga)

1. An alternative spelling of an obsolete possessive marker が. Found only in place names.

   藤ヶ丘

   Fujigaoka

   (a place name, literally hill of wisteria)

Alternative forms

• が

See also

• 〆 々