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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 計 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
け • (ke)
- 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
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, こ𛄲 (𛄲)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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of け – see the following entry.
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(This term, け (ke), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as け, see Category:Japanese kanji read as け.)
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Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of け – see the following entries.
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- a sign
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(This term, け (ke), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as け, see Category:Japanese kanji read as け.)
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(The following entries are uncreated: 化, 仮, 華, 袈.)
Etymology 4
/kai/ → /keː/ → /ke/
From earlier けえ (kē), in turn a sound shift from かい (kai).[1]
Pronunciation
Particle
け • (ke)
- (informal, intimate, sometimes considered dialectal) (question particle)
Etymology 5
/koi/ → /keː/ → /ke/
Verb
け • (ke)
- (Kagoshima, dialect) come! (imperative form, equivalent to mainland 来い (koi))
1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “またいつか、勝負の日までの巻 [One Day, We’ll Face off Again]”, in 六三四の剣 [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:よかか…オイのなは日高剣介…くやしかったら鹿児島セェけ‼いっでん勝負してやっで‼- Yoka ka… Oi no na wa Hidaka Kensuke… Kuyashikattara Kagomma sē ke‼ Idden shōbu shite yadde‼
- Awrite… Mah name’s Hidaka Kensuke… Come to Kagoshima when yer ready‼ Ah’ll be waitin’ to settle witcha again‼
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
