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'け', in hiragana, or 'ケ' in katakana, and 'ke' in Romaji under Hepburn romanisation (IPA: ), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. 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 Romaji, and the pronunciation shifts to .
This kana is pronounced KE as in "kettle" (or GE as in "get" or "ghetto" with dakuten).

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal ''k-'' (か行 ''ka-gyō'')	''ke''	け	ケ
	''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
	''gei'' ''gee'' ''gē''	げい, げぃ げえ, げぇ げー	ゲイ, ゲィ ゲエ, ゲェ ゲー

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Strokes

Representations in other writing systems

Strokes

Representations in other writing systems

In Japanese Braille, け or ケ is represented as:

●	●
●	－
－	●

The Wabun code for け or ケ is －・－－.
See also small ke.