Ki (kana)

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration	Ki
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	機
Katakana Man'yōgana	機
Unicode	U+304D
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

き, in hiragana, キ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ki] and are derived from a simplification of the 幾 kanji. The hiragana character き, like さ, is drawn with the lower line separated when writing (as in the picture to the right.) When printing, the lines are connected.

A dakuten may be added to the character; this transforms it into ぎ in hiragana, ギ in katakana, and gi in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value also changes, to [ɡi] in initial, and varying between [ŋi] and [ɣi] in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ki in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation [ŋi].

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	Ki	き	キ
	Kī	きい, きぃ き～	キイ, キィ キー
Addition yōon ky- (きゃ行 kya-gyō)	Kya	きゃ	キャ	キャット・モンロー Kyatto Monrō Katt Monroe
	Kyā	きゃあ きゃ～	キャア キャー
	Kyu	きゅ	キュ
	Kyū	きゅう きゅ～	キュウ キュー	Cube (キューブ, Kyūbu)
	Kyo	きょ	キョ	キョスク Kyosuku Kiosk
	Kyō	きょう きょお きょ～	キョウ キョオ キョー
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	Gi	ぎ	ギ
	Gī	ぎい, ぎぃ ぎ～	ギイ, ギィ ギー
Addition yōon and dakuten gy- (ぎゃ行 gya-gyō)	Gya	ぎゃ	ギャ	ギャラリー Gyararī Gallery
	Gyā	ぎゃあ ぎゃ～	ギャア ギャー
	Gyu	ぎゅ	ギュ
	Gyū	ぎゅう ぎゅ～	ギュウ ギュー	Gules (ギュールズ, Gyūruzu)
	Gyo	ぎょ	ギョ
	Gyō	ぎょう ぎょお ぎょ～	ギョウ ギョオ ギョー	Guillaume (ギョーム, Gyōmu)

Other additional forms
Form A (ky-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana Kye きぇ キェ Kielce (キェルス, Kyerusu)	Form B (gy-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana Gye ぎぇ ギェ Gienah (ギェナー, Gyenā)

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing き

Stroke order in writing キ

Other communicative representations

In Japanese Braille, き or キ is represented as:

●	－
●	－
－	●

The Wabun code for き or キ is －・－・・.