Kei may refer to:

People

Kei (given name) is a Japanese male's personal name; used increasingly as a female's personal name, as a shortening of Keiko. Possible writings Kei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *, "square jewel" *, "blessing" *, "wise" *, "jubila ...

* Kei, Cantonese for Ji(姫) * Kei, Cantonese for Qi(奇, 祁, 亓) * Shō Kei (1700–1752), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom * Kei (singer) (born 1995), stage name of South Korean singer Kim Ji-yeon * Princess Kei (Keihime) of Japan *

Kei Nishikori is an inactive Japanese professional tennis player. He is the second male Japanese player to have been ranked in the top 5 in singles (after Jiro Sato), and the only one to do so in the Open Era. Nishikori first reached his career-high sing ...

, Japanese professional tennis player

Automobiles

Kei car Kei car (or , kanji: , "light automobile", ), known variously outside Japan as Japanese city car or Japanese microcar, is the Japanese vehicle category for the smallest highway-legal passenger cars with restricted dimensions and engine capaci ...

, a Japanese category of small automobiles **

Suzuki Kei The is a kei car produced by Suzuki between 1998 and 2009. Originally only available as a three-door hatchback, a five-door version arrived in the third quarter of 1999. The car received a facelift in late 2000, when the three-door version was a ...

, a kei car produced by Suzuki between 1998 and 2009 **

Kei truck A kei truck, kei-class truck, or Japanese mini truck is a mini truck, a tiny but practical pickup truck available in rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive versions, built to satisfy the Japanese '' keijidōsha'' (軽自動車, "light vehicle") sta ...

, a tiny RWD or 4WD pickup truck in Japan

In fiction

* xxxHolic: Kei, the second season of the anime *Sir Kei or

Sir Kay In Arthurian legend, Sir Kay ( cy, Cai, Middle Welsh ''Kei'' or ''Cei''; la, Caius; French: ''Keu''; Old French: ''Kès'' or ''Kex'') is King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Tabl ...

, 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 ''

Moon Child The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the List of natural satellites, fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth ( ...

'' *Kei Nagase, a character in the ''Ace Combat'' universe *Kei, short for Keiichiro, a character in '' Wangan Midnight'' and Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune

KEI

Knowledge Ecology International Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) is a non-governmental organization. It was founded by Ralph Nader in 1995 and was then called Consumer Project on Technology. It deals with issues related to the effects of intellectual property on public ...

, dealing with issues of intellectual property * Knowledge Economic Index, on knowledge economy * Keyword Effectiveness Index for a web site * Kinetic Energy Interceptor, former planned American missile defense program * Keithley Instruments, NYSE symbol

Other uses

*Kei or Kai Islands, part of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia ** Kei language *kei(''x''), one of the Kelvin functions *

Kei school The was a Japanese school (style) of Buddhist sculpture which emerged in the early Kamakura period (c. 1200). Based in Nara, it was the dominant school in Buddhist sculpture in Japan into the 14th century, and remained influential until the 19th. ...

of Buddhist sculpture, Japan * Kei Rail, a South African rail project * Kei cricket team, South Africa *Kei, subgroup of the ''

Kugyō is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre- Meiji eras. The term generally referred to the and court officials and denoted a court rank between First Rank and Third Rank und ...

'' in the Japanese pre-Meiji court * Great Kei River, in South Africa * KEI Industries, electrical cable and wire manufacturing company *a style in Japanese street fashion or a Japanese pop subculture, e.g.

Visual kei is a movement among Japanese musicians that is characterized by the use of varying levels of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics, similar to Western glam rock. Som ...

People

Automobiles

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