Small ke

The small ke (ヶ) is a Japanese character, typographically a small form of the katakana character ケ ke. While identical in shape to a small ケ, ヶ is actually an abbreviation for the kanji 箇, specifically by writing half of the bamboo radical 竹 (⺮). 箇, alternatively written as 個 (or 个), is a common Japanese counter word. ヶ is also as an abbreviation for the Japanese conjunctive particle が. It is unrelated to the katakana character ケ (which is an abbreviation for 介) but ヶ is sometimes written as a large character ケ. The hiragana version of the character exists as ゖ, but it is virtually unused.

Small ke

The small ke (ヶ) is a Japanese character, typographically a small form of the katakana character ケ ke. While identical in shape to a small ケ, ヶ is actually an abbreviation for the kanji 箇, specifically by writing half of the bamboo radical 竹 (⺮). 箇, alternatively written as 個 (or 个), is a common Japanese counter word. ヶ is also as an abbreviation for the Japanese conjunctive particle が. It is unrelated to the katakana character ケ (which is an abbreviation for 介) but ヶ is sometimes written as a large character ケ. The hiragana version of the character exists as ゖ, but it is virtually unused.