Chi (kana)
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transliteration | chi, ti | |||
translit. with dakuten | ji, zi, di | |||
hiragana origin | 知 | |||
katakana origin | åƒ | |||
spelling kana |
åƒé³¥ã®ãƒ (Chidori no "chi") |
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ã¡, in hiragana, or ムin katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are phonemically /ti/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [tÍ¡É•i].
The kanji for one thousand (åƒ, sen), appears similar to ãƒ, and at one time they were related, but today ムis used as phonetic, while the kanji carries an entirely unrelated meaning.
Many onomatopoeic words beginning with ã¡ pertain to things that are small or quick.[1]
The dakuten forms ã¢, ヂ, pronounced the same as the dakuten forms of the shi kana in most dialects (see yotsugana), are uncommon. They are primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word (see rendaku), and they can never begin a word, although some people will write the word for hemorrhoids (normally ã˜) as 㢠for emphasis. Additionally, the dakuten form of the shi character is sometimes used when transliterating "di", as opposed to ãƒ'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, ムby itself is pronounced [t͡ʃi], and can be combined with the katakana ヤ, ユ, エ, and ヨ to write the other [t͡ʃ] sounds as well as [tÍ¡s] sounds. The combination ãƒã‚§ (pronounced [tÍ¡se]), is interchangeable with セ゚.
Form variants
Form | RÅmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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Normal ch- (ãŸè¡Œ ta-gyÅ) |
chi | 㡠| ム|
chii chī |
ã¡ã„, ã¡ãƒ ã¡ãƒ¼ |
ãƒã‚¤, ãƒã‚£ ãƒãƒ¼ | |
Addition yÅon ch- (ã¡ã‚ƒè¡Œ cha-gyÅ) |
cha | ã¡ã‚ƒ | ãƒãƒ£ |
chaa chÄ, chah |
ã¡ã‚ƒã‚ ã¡ã‚ƒãƒ¼ |
ãƒãƒ£ã‚¢ ãƒãƒ£ãƒ¼ | |
chu | ã¡ã‚… | ãƒãƒ¥ | |
chuu chū |
ã¡ã‚…ㆠã¡ã‚…ー |
ãƒãƒ¥ã‚¦ ãƒãƒ¥ãƒ¼ | |
cho | ã¡ã‚‡ | ãƒãƒ§ | |
chou choo chÅ, choh |
ã¡ã‚‡ã† ã¡ã‚‡ãŠ ã¡ã‚‡ãƒ¼ |
ãƒãƒ§ã‚¦ ãƒãƒ§ã‚ª ãƒãƒ§ãƒ¼ | |
Addition dakuten d- (j/z-) (ã è¡Œ da-gyÅ) |
di (ji, zi) | 㢠| ヂ |
dii (jii, zii) dī (jī, zī) |
ã¢ã„, ã¢ãƒ ã¢ãƒ¼ |
ヂイ, ヂィ ヂー | |
Addition yÅon and dakuten dy- (j-) (ã¢ã‚ƒè¡Œ dya-gyÅ) |
dya (ja) | ã¢ã‚ƒ | ヂャ |
dyaa (jaa) dyÄ (jÄ), dyah (jah) |
ã¢ã‚ƒã‚ ã¢ã‚ƒãƒ¼ |
ヂャア ヂャー | |
dyu (ju) | ã¢ã‚… | ヂュ | |
dyuu (juu) dyū (jū) |
ã¢ã‚…ㆠã¢ã‚…ー |
ヂュウ ヂュー | |
dyo (jo) | ã¢ã‚‡ | ヂョ | |
dyou (jou) dyoo (joo) dyÅ (jÅ), dyoh (joh) |
ã¢ã‚‡ã† ã¢ã‚‡ãŠ ã¢ã‚‡ãƒ¼ |
ヂョウ ヂョオ ヂョー |
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Stroke order
![]() Stroke order in writing ã¡ |
![]() Stroke order in writing ム|


Other representations
Character | ã¡ | ム| ï¾ | 㢠| ヂ | |||||
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Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER TI | KATAKANA LETTER TI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TI | HIRAGANA LETTER DI | KATAKANA LETTER DI | |||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 12385 | U+3061 | 12481 | U+30C1 | 65409 | U+FF81 | 12386 | U+3062 | 12482 | U+30C2 |
UTF-8 | 227 129 161 | E3 81 A1 | 227 131 129 | E3 83 81 | 239 190 129 | EF BE 81 | 227 129 162 | E3 81 A2 | 227 131 130 | E3 83 82 |
Numeric character reference | ち | ち | チ | チ | チ | チ | ぢ | ぢ | ヂ | ヂ |
Shift JIS | 130 191 | 82 BF | 131 96 | 83 60 | 193 | C1 | 130 192 | 82 C0 | 131 97 | 83 61 |
- Braille
ã¡ / ムin Japanese Braille | Ch/J/Dy + YÅon braille | ||||||
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ã¡ / ムchi | 㢠/ ヂ ji/di | ã¡ã„ / ãƒãƒ¼ chÄ« | ã¢ã„ / ヂー jÄ«/dÄ« | ã¡ã‚ƒ / ãƒãƒ£ cha | ã¢ã‚ƒ / ヂャ ja/dya | ã¡ã‚ƒã‚ / ãƒãƒ£ãƒ¼ chÄ | ã¢ã‚ƒã‚ / ヂャー jÄ/dya |
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Ch/J/Dy + YÅon braille | |||||||
ã¡ã‚… / ãƒãƒ¥ chu | ã¢ã‚… / ヂュ ju/dyu | ã¡ã‚…ㆠ/ ãƒãƒ¥ãƒ¼ chÅ« | ã¢ã‚…ㆠ/ ヂュー jÅ«/dyÅ« | ã¡ã‚‡ / ãƒãƒ§ cho | ã¢ã‚‡ / ヂョ jo/dyo | ã¡ã‚‡ã† / ãƒãƒ§ãƒ¼ chÅ | ã¢ã‚‡ã† / ヂョー jÅ/dyÅ |
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See also
References
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Look up ã¡, ã¢, ãƒ, or ヂ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- ↑ Hiroko Fukuda, Jazz Up Your Japanese with Onomatopoeia: For All Levels, trans. Tom Gally. New York: Kodansha International (2003): 19 - 20, Introduction, Words Beginning with 㡠Chi, Indicating Smallness or Quickness.