Shi (kana)

shi
shi
hiragana;	katakana;
transliteration	shi, si
translit. with dakuten	ji, zi
hiragana origin	之
katakana origin	之
spelling kana	新聞のシ; (Shinbun no "shi")
unicode	U+3057, U+30B7
braille

し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, 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] ^ⓘ. 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.

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 small ㇱ to represent a final s sound, pronounced ɕ.

Form		Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
normal	sh/s- alone (さ行 sa-gyō)	final sh (s) shi (si) shii (sii) shī (sī), shih (sih)	ししい, しぃしー	ㇱシシイ, シィシー
	sh/(s)- and yōon (しゃ行 sha-gyō)	sha (sa) shaa (saa) shah (sah) shā (sā)	しゃしゃあしゃー	シャシャアシャㇵシャー
		shu (su) shuu (suu) shū (sū), shuh (suh)	しゅしゅうしゅー	シュシュウシュー
		she (se) shee (see) shē (sē), sheh (seh)	しぇしぇうしぇー	シェシェウシェー
		sho (so) shou (sou) shoo (soo) shō (sō), shoh (soh)	しょしょうしょおしょー	ショショウショオショー
with dakuten	j/(d)/z- alone (ザ行 za-gyō)	final -j (-d), -z ji (di), zi jii (dii), zii jī (dī), zī, jih (dih), zih	じじい, じぃじー	ジジイ, ジィジー
	j/(d)/z- and yōon (じゃ行 ja-gyō)	ja (da), za jaa (daa), zaa jā (dā), zā, jah (dah), zah	じゃじゃあじゃー	ジャジャアジャー
		ju (du), zu juu (duu), zuu jū (dū), zū, juh (duh), zuh	じゅじゅうじゅー	ジュジュウジュー
		je (de), ze jee (dee), zee jē (dē), zē, jeh (deh), zeh	じぇじぇうじぇー	ジェジェウジェー
		jo (do), zo jou (dou), zou joo (doo), zoo jō (dō), zō, joh (doh), zoh	じょじょうじょおじょー	ジョジョウジョオジョー

Other additional forms

Romaji	Hiragana	Katakana
shyi	しぃ	シィ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing Hiragana し

Stroke order in writing Katakana シ

Other representations

Computer encodings

Character information
Preview	し		シ		ｼ		ㇱ		じ		ジ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER SI		KATAKANA LETTER SI		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SI		KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SI		HIRAGANA LETTER ZI		KATAKANA LETTER ZI
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	12375	U+3057	12471	U+30B7	65404	U+FF7C	12785	U+31F1	12376	U+3058	12472	U+30B8
UTF-8	227 129 151	E3 81 97	227 130 183	E3 82 B7	239 189 188	EF BD BC	227 135 177	E3 87 B1	227 129 152	E3 81 98	227 130 184	E3 82 B8
Numeric character reference	し	し	シ	シ	ｼ	ｼ	ㇱ	ㇱ	じ	じ	ジ	ジ
Shift JIS	130 181	82 B5	131 86	83 56	188	BC			130 182	82 B6	131 87	83 57

Braille

し / シ in Japanese Braille				Sh/J + Yōon braille
し / シ shi	じ / ジ ji	しい / シー shī	じい / ジー jī	しゃ / シャ sha	じゃ / ジャ ja	しゃあ / シャー shā	じゃあ / ジャー jā

Sh/J + Yōon braille
しゅ / シュ shu	じゅ / ジュ ju	しゅう / シュー shū	じゅう / ジュー jū	しょ / ショ sho	じょ / ジョ jo	しょう / ショー shō	じょう / ジョー jō

Japanese semaphore