| Hiragana Image: | Japanese Hiragana kyokashotai KE.svg |
| Katakana Image: | Japanese Katakana kyokashotai KE.svg |
| Transliteration: | ke |
| Transliteration Dakuten: | ge |
| Transliteration Handakuten: | (nge) |
| Hiragana Manyogana: | 計 |
| Katakana Manyogana: | 介 |
| Other Manyogana: | 祁 家 計 係 價 結 鶏 気 既 毛 飼 消 |
| Dakuten Manyogana: | 下 牙 雅 夏 義 気 宜 礙 削 |
| Spelling: | 景色のケ (Keshiki no "ke") |
| Footnote: | These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation. |
け, (in hiragana) or ケ, (in katakana) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent pronounced as /[ke]/. 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 pronounced as /[ɡe]/ in initial positions and varying between pronounced as /[ŋe]/ and pronounced as /[ɣe]/ 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 pronounced as /[ŋe]/.
| 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 |