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ケ (ke), katakana basic

ke

カ row · e column

katakanabasic3 strokes

Stroke order

hiragana counterpart

Variants

Similar characters

Words with ケ

cake
ketchup

How to remember it

Compare ク, then notice the long bar extending to the right. Imagine a gate opening on that bar: ke.

Where it comes from

ケ comes from a simplified part of 介. Its source differs from hiragana け, which comes from 計.