Ethiopic Syllable Kee

It represents a syllable: k followed by a vowel. The Ethiopic k-series has seven forms, pairing the same consonant with different vowels, so ኬ cannot replace ከ or ክ. One romanization used for Amharic writes it as kē; actual readings still depend on the language.

The Ethiopic script grew from the Old South Arabian alphabet and first served to write Geʿəz, an ancient Ethiopian language. Geʿəz inscriptions are attested from the second or third century CE; a vowel-marked Ethiopic script appears by the fourth century CE. Today, the script is used for Amharic and other languages.