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Grammar detail: the character ヶ

the character ヶ
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You will notice that when expressing a period of months 'one month', 'two months', etc a mini ケ comes before the kanji for month. Although this symbol is actually a small katakana 'ke', the reading when used in this context is 'ka'.
一ヶ月 いっかげつ
二ヶ月 にかげつ
三ヶ月 さんかげつ
四ヶ月 よんかげつ
五ヶ月 ごかげつ
六ヶ月 ろくかげつ
七ヶ月 ななかげつ
八ヶ月 はちかげつ
九ヶ月 くかげつ
For example:
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にほん
日本
に
よんかげつ
四ヶ月
すんでいました。
I lived in Japan for four months.
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カナダに
き
来
てからもう
ななかげつ
七ヶ月
た
経
ちます。
Seven months have already passed since I came to Canada.
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この
しごと
仕事
はやく
ごかげつ
五ヶ月
かかるでしょう。
This job will probably take about five months.
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See also:
  • Japanese numbers and counting
  • 七 and 四 - how to read the kanji for seven and four

Kanji used in this grammar

一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
1
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
1
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
1
三
サン   み    みっつ three   
1
四
シ   four   よ    よつ    よっつ    よん    
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1
五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
1
六
ロク   むっつ six   むつ    むい    む    
1
七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
1
八
ハチ   や    やつ    よう eight   
1
九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
1
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
1
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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1
来
ライ   くる to come   きたる to be forthcoming   きたす to induce   
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1
経
ケイ   キョウ   へる to elapse   
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3
仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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2
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
2
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