Ke (kana)
Ke is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent. 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 in initial positions and varying between and 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.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
| Normal k- | ke | け | ケ |
| Normal k- | 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- | ge | げ | ゲ |
| Addition dakuten g- | gei gee gē | げい, げぃ げえ, げぇ げー | ゲイ, ゲィ ゲエ, ゲェ ゲー |