Ki (kana)

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration	ki
with dakuten	gi
with handakuten	(ngi)
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	幾
Katakana Man'yōgana	幾
Spelling kana	切手のキ (Kitte no "ki")
Morse code	－・－・・
Braille
Unicode	U+304D, U+30AD
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 きー	キイ キー
Addition yōon ky- (きゃ行 kya-gyō)	Kya	きゃ	キャ
	Kyā	きゃあ きゃー	キャア キャー
	Kyu	きゅ	キュ
	Kyū	きゅう きゅー	キュウ キュー	Cube (キューブ Kyūbu)
	Kyo	きょ	キョ
	Kyō	きょう きょお きょー	キョウ キョオ キョー
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	Gi	ぎ	ギ
	Gī	ぎい ぎー	ギイ ギー
Addition yōon and dakuten gy- (ぎゃ行 gya-gyō)	Gya	ぎゃ	ギャ
	Gyā	ぎゃあ ぎゃー	ギャア ギャー
	Gyu	ぎゅ	ギュ
	Gyū	ぎゅう ぎゅー	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 ぎょー	ギョウ ギョオ ギョー	Guillaume (ギョーム Gyōmu)

Other additional forms

Form A (ky-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana Kya きゃ キャ Katt Monroe (キャット・モンロー Kyatto Monrō) Kyu きゅ キュ Ice Cube (アイス・キューブ Aisu Kyūbu) Kye きぇ キェ Kielce (キェルス Kyerusu) Kyo きょ キョ Kiosk (キョスク Kyosuku)

Stroke order Stroke order in writing き Stroke order in writing キ Other communicative representations Form B (gy-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana Gya ぎゃ ギャ Gallery (ギャラリー Gyararī) Gyu ぎゅ ギュ Figure (フィギュア Figyua) Gye ぎぇ ギェ Gienah (ギェナー Gyenā) Gyo ぎょ ギョ Gyoza (ギョーザ Gyōza) Look up き, ぎ, キ, or ギ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Japanese Braille, き or キ is represented as: ● － ● － － ● The Wabun code for き or キ is －・－・・.