# Ke (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
| | | | n | | | | | | |
Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
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.
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].
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō) | ke | け | ケ |
| Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō) | 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- (が行 ga-gyō) | ge | げ | ゲ |
| Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō) | 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

| Stroke order in writing け | Stroke order in writing ケ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 景色のケ Keshiki no "Ke" | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-1246 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
け / ケ in Japanese Braille :
| け / ケ ke | げ / ゲ ge | けい / ケー kē/kei | げい / ゲー gē/gei |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | け | け | ケ | ケ | ｹ | ｹ | ゖ | ゖ | ヶ | ヶ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER KE | HIRAGANA LETTER KE | KATAKANA LETTER KE | KATAKANA LETTER KE | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KE | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KE | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KE | HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KE | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KE | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KE |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12369 | U+3051 | 12465 | U+30B1 | 65401 | U+FF79 | 12438 | U+3096 | 12534 | U+30F6 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 145 | E3 81 91 | 227 130 177 | E3 82 B1 | 239 189 185 | EF BD B9 | 227 130 150 | E3 82 96 | 227 131 182 | E3 83 B6 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12369; | &#x3051; | &#12465; | &#x30B1; | &#65401; | &#xFF79; | &#12438; | &#x3096; | &#12534; | &#x30F6; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 175 | 82 AF | 131 80 | 83 50 | 185 | B9 | | | 131 150 | 83 96 |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 175 | 82 AF | 131 80 | 83 50 | 185 | B9 | 130 244 | 82 F4 | 131 150 | 83 96 |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 177 | A4 B1 | 165 177 | A5 B1 | 142 185 | 8E B9 | | | 165 246 | A5 F6 |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 177 | A4 B1 | 165 177 | A5 B1 | 142 185 | 8E B9 | 164 246 | A4 F6 | 165 246 | A5 F6 |
| GB 18030 | 164 177 | A4 B1 | 165 177 | A5 B1 | 132 49 152 49 | 84 31 98 31 | 129 57 166 56 | 81 39 A6 38 | 165 246 | A5 F6 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 177 | AA B1 | 171 177 | AB B1 | | | | | 171 246 | AB F6 |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 181 | C6 B5 | 199 73 | C7 49 | | | | | 199 176 | C7 B0 |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 198 247 | C6 F7 | 199 173 | C7 AD | 199 242 | C7 F2 | | | | |
Character information :
| Preview | げ | げ | ゲ | ゲ | け゚ | け゚ | ケ゚ | ケ゚ | ㋘ | ㋘ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER GE | HIRAGANA LETTER GE | KATAKANA LETTER GE | KATAKANA LETTER GE | HIRAGANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGE | HIRAGANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGE | KATAKANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGE | KATAKANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGE | CIRCLED KATAKANA KE | CIRCLED KATAKANA KE |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12370 | U+3052 | 12466 | U+30B2 | 12369 12442 | U+3051+309A | 12465 12442 | U+30B1+309A | 13016 | U+32D8 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 146 | E3 81 92 | 227 130 178 | E3 82 B2 | 227 129 145 227 130 154 | E3 81 91 E3 82 9A | 227 130 177 227 130 154 | E3 82 B1 E3 82 9A | 227 139 152 | E3 8B 98 |
| Numeric character reference | &#12370; | &#x3052; | &#12466; | &#x30B2; | &#12369;&#12442; | &#x3051;&#x309A; | &#12465;&#12442; | &#x30B1;&#x309A; | &#13016; | &#x32D8; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 176 | 82 B0 | 131 81 | 83 51 | | | | | | |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 176 | 82 B0 | 131 81 | 83 51 | 130 248 | 82 F8 | 131 154 | 83 9A | | |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 178 | A4 B2 | 165 178 | A5 B2 | | | | | | |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 178 | A4 B2 | 165 178 | A5 B2 | 164 250 | A4 FA | 165 250 | A5 FA | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 178 | A4 B2 | 165 178 | A5 B2 | | | | | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 178 | AA B2 | 171 178 | AB B2 | | | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 182 | C6 B6 | 199 74 | C7 4A | | | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 198 248 | C6 F8 | 199 174 | C7 AE | | | | | | |