Shi (kana)

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	shi
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	之
Katakana Man'yōgana:	之
kana gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i dakuten ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u chōonpu we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, and the variant form ㋛, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent the phoneme /si/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [ɕi] ( listen). The shapes of these kana have origins in the character 之. The katakana form has become increasingly popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a smiling face.^{[citation needed]}

This character may be combined with a dakuten, forming じ in hiragana, ジ in katakana, and ji in Hepburn romanization; the pronunciation becomes /zi/ (phonetically [d͡ʑi] or [ʑi] in the middle of words).

The dakuten form of this character is used when transliterating "di" occasionally, as opposed to チ's dakuten form; for example, Aladdin is written as アラジン Arajin, and radio is written as ラジオ.

In the Ainu language, シ is used to represent the ʃi sound. It can also be written as a half-width ㇱ to represent a final s sound, pronounced ɕ. In addition, it can be written as half-width with a handakuten (which can be entered into a computer as either one character (ツ゚) or two combined characters (ツ゜)) to represent the sound tu, which is interchangeable with the katakana ト゚.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal sh- (さ行 sa-gyō)	Shi	し	シ	Sid (シッド, Shiddo)
	Shī	しい, しぃ しー, し～	シイ, シィ シー, シ～	Seed (シイド, Shīdo)
Addition yōon sh- (しゃ行 sha-gyō)	Sha	しゃ	シャ	Shadow the Hedgehog (シャドウ・ザ・ヘッジホッグ, Shadō za Hejjihoggu)
	Shā	しゃあ しゃー, しゃ～	シャア シャー, シャ～	Keyboard Crusher (キーボード・クラシャー, Kībōdo Kurashā)
	Shu	しゅ	シュ	Shrine (シュライン, Shurain)
	Shū	しゅう しゅー, しゅ～	シュウ シュー, シュ～	Shooting (シュウティング, Shūtingu)
	Sho	しょ	ショ	Shock (ショック, Shokku)
	Shō	しょう しょお しょー, しょ～	ショウ ショオ ショー, ショ～	Showtime (ショウタイム, Shōtaimu)
Addition dakuten j- (ざ行 za-gyō)	Ji	じ	ジ
	Jī	じい, じぃ じー, じ～	ジイ, ジィ ジー, ジ～	Jeans (ジインズ, Jīnzu)
Addition yōon and dakuten j- (じゃ行 ja-gyō)	Ja	じゃ	ジャ	Jack (ジャック, Jakku)
	Jā	じゃあ じゃー, じゃ～	ジャア ジャー, ジャ～	じゃあく Jāku 邪悪 Evil Ginger (ジンジャー, Jinjā)
	Ju	じゅ	ジュ	Julius (ジュリアス, Juriasu)
	Jū	じゅう じゅー, じゅ～	ジュウ ジュー, ジュ～	Juice (ジュウス, Jūsu)
	Jo	じょ	ジョ	John Lennon (ジョン・レノン, Jon Renon)
	Jō	じょう じょお じょー, じょ～	ジョウ ジョオ ジョー, ジョ～	Samantha Jones (サマンサ・ジョウンス, Samansa Jōnsu)

Other additional forms
Form A (sh-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana She しぇ シェ Shade (シェード, Shēdo)	Form B (j-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana Je じぇ ジェ Jet the Hawk (ジェット・ザ・ホーク, Jetto za Hōku)

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing し

Stroke order in writing シ