Ki (kana)
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| n | wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a | |
| tsu | wi | ri | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i | ||
| ゛ | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u | ||
| ー | we | re | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e | ||
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o | ||
き, in hiragana, キ in katakana, ki in Romaji with Hepburn romanisation (IPA: /ki/), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.
Both hiragana き and katakana キ are derived from a simplification of the 幾 kanji. The hiragana character き, like さ, is to be drawn with the lower line separated when writing (as in the picture to the right.) When printing, the lines are connected.
A dakuten may be added to the character; this transforms it into ぎ in hiragana, ギ in katakana, and gi in Romaji. The phonetic value also changes, to /ɡi/. A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ki in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation (IPA: [ŋi]) that occurs in some dialects.
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| Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō) |
ki | き | キ |
| kii kī |
きい, きぃ きー |
キイ, キィ キー |
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| Addition yōon ky- (きゃ行 kya-gyō) |
kya | きゃ | キャ |
| kyaa kyā, kyah |
きゃあ きゃー |
キャア キャー |
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| kyu | きゅ | キュ | |
| kyuu kyū |
きゅう きゅー |
キュウ キュー |
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| kyo | きょ | キョ | |
| kyou kyoo kyō, kyoh |
きょう きょお きょー |
キョウ キョオ キョー |
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| Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō) |
gi | ぎ | ギ |
| gii gī |
ぎい, ぎぃ ぎー |
ギイ, ギィ ギー |
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| Addition yōon and dakuten gy- (ぎゃ行 gya-gyō) |
gya | ぎゃ | ギャ |
| gyaa gyā, gyah |
ぎゃあ ぎゃー |
ギャア ギャー |
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| gyu | ぎゅ | ギュ | |
| gyuu gyū |
ぎゅう ぎゅー |
ギュウ ギュー |
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| gyo | ぎょ | ギョ | |
| gyou gyoo gyō, gyoh |
ぎょう ぎょお ぎょー |
ギョウ ギョオ ギョー |
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