Shi (kana)
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| transliteration | shi, si | |||
| translit. with dakuten | ji, zi | |||
| hiragana origin | 之 | |||
| katakana origin | 之 | |||
| spelling kana |
新聞のシ (Shinbun no "shi") | |||
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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, thus this variant form ㋛ was created.
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 | |
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| 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 | ||
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Stroke order
![]() Stroke order in writing し |
![]() Stroke order in writing シ |


Other representations
| Character | し | シ | シ | ㇱ | じ | ジ | ||||||
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| 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 | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | 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 | ||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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