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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ke̞]
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
- げ (ge)
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, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
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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.) |
(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 化, 仮, 華, 袈.)
Etymology 3
/kai/ → /keː/ → /ke/
From earlier けえ (kē), in turn a sound shift from かい (kai).[1]
Particle
け • (ke)
- (informal, intimate, sometimes considered dialectal) (question particle)
Etymology 4
/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