Ki (kana)
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transliteration | ki き | ||
translit. with dakuten | gi ぎ | ||
translit. with handakuten | (ngi) | ||
hiragana origin | 幾 | ||
katakana origin | 幾 | ||
spelling kana | 切手のキ (Kitte no "ki") |
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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 either connected or disconnected.
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 |
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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 | |
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 | |
gyo | ぎょ | ギョ | |
gyō | ぎょう ぎょお ぎょー |
ギョウ ギョオ ギョー |
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Stroke order
3, 4 | 3 |
Other communicative representations
Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
切手のキ Kitte no "Ki" |
Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-126 Japanese Braille |
- Full Braille representation
き / キ in Japanese Braille | K + Yōon braille | ||||||
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き / キ ki |
ぎ / ギ gi |
きい / キー kī |
ぎい / ギー gī |
きゃ / キャ kya |
ぎゃ / ギャ gya |
きゃあ / キャー kyā |
ぎゃあ / ギャー gyā |
K + Yōon braille | |||||||
きゅ / キュ kyu |
ぎゅ / ギュ gyu |
きゅう / キュー kyū |
ぎゅう / ギュー gyū |
きょ / キョ kyo |
ぎょ / ギョ gyo |
きょう / キョー kyō |
ぎょう / ギョー gyō |
ku | ku | ku | ko | ko | ko | ko |
Preview | き | キ | キ | ぎ | ギ | |||||
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Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER KI | KATAKANA LETTER KI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KI | HIRAGANA LETTER GI | KATAKANA LETTER GI | |||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 12365 | U+304D | 12461 | U+30AD | 65399 | U+FF77 | 12366 | U+304E | 12462 | U+30AE |
UTF-8 | 227 129 141 | E3 81 8D | 227 130 173 | E3 82 AD | 239 189 183 | EF BD B7 | 227 129 142 | E3 81 8E | 227 130 174 | E3 82 AE |
Numeric character reference | き |
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ぎ |
ぎ |
ギ |
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Shift JIS | 130 171 | 82 AB | 131 76 | 83 4C | 183 | B7 | 130 172 | 82 AC | 131 77 | 83 4D |