け

See also: げ, け゚, and ゖ

け U+3051, け HIRAGANA LETTER KE ← ぐ [U+3050] Hiragana げ → [U+3052]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 計 in the cursive sōsho style. Variants include those derived by similar process from 个, 介, 遣, 希, 稀 and 気.

Syllable

け (romaji ke)

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

Derived terms

• げ (ge)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Noun

け (rōmaji ke)

1. 毛: hair