Ki (kana)

ki
hiragana
katakana
transliteration ki
translit. with dakuten gi
translit. with handakuten (ngi)
hiragana origin
katakana origin
spelling kana 切手のキ
(Kitte no "ki")

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

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
Other additional forms
Form A (ky-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
kyi きぃ キィ
kye きぇ キェ
Form B (gy-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
gyi ぎぃ ギィ
gye ぎぇ ギェ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing き
Stroke order in writing き
Stroke order in writing キ
Stroke order in writing キ
Stroke order in writing き
Stroke order in writing キ

Other communicative representations

Character
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER KI KATAKANA LETTER KI HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KI HIRAGANA LETTER GI KATAKANA LETTER GI
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal 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 き キ キ キ キ ぎ ぎ ギ ギ
Shift JIS 130 171 82 AB 131 76 83 4C 183 B7 130 172 82 AC 131 77 83 4D
き / キ in Japanese Braille K + Yōon braille
き / キ
ki
ぎ / ギ
gi
きい / キー
ぎい / ギー
きゃ / キャ
kya
ぎゃ / ギャ
gya
きゃあ / キャー
kyā
ぎゃあ / ギャー
gyā
⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠣ (braille pattern dots-126)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠡ (braille pattern dots-16)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠡ (braille pattern dots-16)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
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
⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠩ (braille pattern dots-146)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠩ (braille pattern dots-146)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)

The Wabun code for き or キ is -・-・・.

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