ヶ

Character	ヶ
Unicode name	KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KE
Unicode block	Katakana
Codepoint	U+30F6

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Wikipedia

Etymology 1Edit

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 (or ガ) (ka or ga), not as ケ (ke).

CounterEdit

ヶ ‎(hiragana か, romaji -ka)

1. 箇: (the counter for months, places or provisions of Classical Chinese origin)

   三ヶ月

   sankagetsu

   three months (in duration)

   三ヶ国

   sankakoku

   three countries

Alternative formsEdit

• か
• カ
• ヵ
• 箇

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

ヶ国 ヶ国語

ヶ所 ヶ月

CounterEdit

ヶ ‎(hiragana こ, romaji -ko)

1. 個: (the general counter for inanimates)

   3ヶ

   sanko

   three objects

Alternative formsEdit

• 個

Etymology 2Edit

ParticleEdit

ヶ ‎(hiragana が, romaji ga)

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

   藤ヶ丘

   Fujigaoka

   (a place name, literally hill of wisteria)

Alternative formsEdit

• が

See alsoEdit

• 〆 々