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Also known as HIRAGANA LETTER KE, ke

Hiragana letter Ke (U+3051)

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Encyclopedic overview

Transliterationke Translit. with dakutenge 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 morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation.

Kana modifiers and marks

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “け” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.