Kei
Encyclopedia
People
- Kei a Japanese personal name
- Shō KeiSho Kei' was king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom from 1713-1752. His reign, strongly guided by royal advisor Sai On, is regarded as a political and economic golden age and period of the flowering of Okinawan culture....
(1700–1752), a king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom - KEi (artist name), an electronic music producer and DJ
- Kei, Cantonese of Ji (surname)Ji (surname)姬=Ji is the family name of the family in control of the Zhou Dynasty , which followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.Thirty-nine members of the family ruled over China during this period.Ji has...
(姫) - Kei, Cantonese of Qi (surname)Qi (surname)Qi is the romanization of several Chinese family names, which including 齐 Qǐ, 戚 Qī, 祁 Qí, 亓 Qí, 乞 Qí, 奇 Qí, 旗 Qí, etc.Qi reading alike Chi in modern china-奇:奇 : Qi or Ji or Ci in mandarin, Kei in Cantonese, Ki or Yi in korean...
(奇, 祁, 亓)
Automobiles
- Kei carKei carKei cars, K-cars, or , are a Japanese category of small vehicles, including passenger cars, vans, and pickup trucks. They are designed to comply with Japanese government tax and insurance regulations, and in most rural areas are exempted from the requirement to certify that adequate parking is...
, a Japanese category of small automobiles - Suzuki KeiSuzuki KeiThe Suzuki Kei is a kei car produced by Suzuki between 1998 and 2009.From 1999 to 2006, Suzuki produced the Mazda Laputa, an OEM version of the Suzuki Kei....
- Kei truck, a tiny 4WD pickup truck in Japan
Places
- Kei or Kai IslandsKai IslandsThe Kai Islands of Indonesia are in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands, in Maluku Province.-Geography:...
, part of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia- Kei languageKei languageKei is an Indonesian language spoken by approximately inhabitants of the Moluccas...
- Kei language
- Great Kei RiverGreat Kei RiverThe Great Kei River is a river in South Africa in the Eastern Cape province. Before it becomes the Great Kei, the Swart-Kei River and the Wit-Kei River join forces, northeast of Cathcart. It flows for 520 km and ends at the Indian Ocean with the small town Kei Mouth on the west bank...
, in South Africa
In fiction
- xxxHolic: Kei, the second season of the anime
- Sir Kei or Sir KaySir KayIn Arthurian legend, Sir Kay is Sir Ector's son and King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. In later literature he is known for his acid tongue and bullying, boorish behavior, but in earlier accounts he was one of Arthur's premier...
, a character in Arthurian legend - Kei, a character in Akira media
- Kei, a character in Dirty Pair media
- Kei, a character in the Ape Escape universe
- Kei, a fictional country in Twelve Kingdoms media
- Kei, a character in the Moon Child universe
- Kei Nagase, a character in the Ace Combat universe
- Kei, short for Keiichiro, a character in Wangan MidnightWangan Midnightis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Michiharu Kusunoki and serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits since 1990, later in Kodansha's Young Magazine. In 1999, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga....
and Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune
KEI
- Knowledge Ecology International, is an NGO that deals with issues related to the effects of intellectual property on public health, cyberlaw and e-commerce, and competition policy.
- Knowledge Economic IndexKnowledge Economic IndexThe Knowledge Indexes were designed as an interactive tool for benchmarking a country's position vis-a-vis others in the global knowledge economy. It was created by the World Bank Institute using the Knowledge Assessment Methodology -Knowledge Index:...
, an economic indicator based on the four pilars of the knowledge economy framework - Key Experience Indicator, an indicator of an end user's experience of a product, service or application
- Keyword Effectiveness Index, a measure of how effective a keyword is for a web site
- Kinetic Energy InterceptorKinetic Energy InterceptorThe Kinetic Energy Interceptor was a planned U.S. missile defense program whose goal was to design, develop, and deploy kinetic energy-based, mobile, ground and sea-launched missiles that could intercept and destroy enemy ballistic missiles during their boost, ascent and midcourse phases of flight...
, a planned American missile defense program - New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Keithley InstrumentsKeithley InstrumentsKeithley Instruments is a measurement and instrument company headquartered in Solon, Ohio, that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells data acquisition products, as well as complete system solutions for high-volume production and assembly testing...
Other uses
- Kei (integer), an oriental unit of counting
- Kei, one of the Kelvin functionsKelvin functionsIn applied mathematics, the Kelvin functions Berν and Beiν are the real and imaginary parts, respectively, ofJ_\nu,\,where x is real, and J_\nu\, is the νth order Bessel function of the first kind...
- Kei schoolKei schoolThe ' was a Japanese school of Buddhist sculpture which emerged in the early Kamakura period . Based in Nara, it was the dominant school in Buddhist sculpture in Japan into the 14th century, and remained influential until the 19th...
, a Japanese school (style) of Buddhist sculpture - Kei RailKei RailKei Rail is a railway project in South Africa.The Eastern Cape government restored rail services between AmaBhele and Mthatha, on an abandoned branch from the East London-Springfontein main line. Infrastructure was rebuilt, and passenger services restarted in March 2008...
, a South African rail project - Kei cricket teamKei cricket teamKei cricket team are a South African first class cricket team who are based in the Eastern Cape city of Mthatha. They form part of the Warriors franchise and are one of five South African associate teams...
, a South African cricket team - Kei, one of two subgroups of the KugyōKugyois the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. The kugyō was broadly divided into two groups: the , comprising the Chancellor of the Realm, the Minister of the Left, and the Minister of the Right; and the , comprising the...
, high-ranking Japanese associated with the pre-Meiji court