ヶ

See also: ケ

ヶ U+30F6, ヶ KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KE ← ヵ [U+30F5] Katakana ヷ → [U+30F7]

Japanese

Etymology 1

An abbreviation for the kanji 箇 (ka), the counter for months, places or provisions.

Note that ヶ is a graphical abbreviation of the top of the character (⺮, 竹), and is pronounced カ ka (or ガ ga), not as ケ ke.

Counter

ヶ or か • (-ka) 

1. 箇: Counter for months, places or provisions of Classical Chinese origin.

   三(さん)ヶ月(げつ)

   sankagetsu

   three months (in duration)

   三(さん)ヶ国(こく)

   sankakoku

   three countries

Alternative forms

• か
• カ
• ヵ
• 箇

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ヶ国
• ヶ国語

• ヶ所
• ヶ月

Counter

ヶ or こ • (-ko) 

1. 個: General counter for inanimates.

   ３(さん)ヶ

   sanko

   three objects

Alternative forms

• 個

Etymology 2

Particle

ヶ or が • (ga) 

1. An alternative spelling of an obsolete possessive marker が. Found only in place names.

   藤(ふじ)ヶ丘(おか)

   Fujigaoka

   (a place name, literally "Hill of Wisteria")

Alternative forms

• が
• ケ

See also

• (Japanese ligatures and scribal abbreviations) 乄(しめ) (shime), 𪜈(とも) (tomo), ゟ(より) (yori), ヿ(こと) (koto), 𬼀(して) (shite), 〼(ます) (masu), ヶ (“graphical abbreviation for 箇”), 々 (“iteration mark”), ゝ (“iteration mark for hiragana”), ヽ (“iteration mark for katakana”)