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一箇月 is an outdated version of 一ヶ月

The ヶ in this case is not the katakana ケ but a shorthand for the kanji: 箇
**and** therefore does not produce the "ke" sound.

I got this idea because ヶ kind of looks like the bamboo radical in the top
left. Is my assumption correct? Are there other characters that have the same
function as ヶ? What are these **shorthands** called?

Thanks!
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Question concerning ヶ in 一ヶ月
The (Chinese) abbreviated form of the kanji is 个. The handwritten form of this
looks rather like ケ, so ケ came to be used in Japanese.
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