Ki (kana)

ki
hiragana
japanese hiragana ki
katakana
japanese katakana ki
transliterationki
translit. with dakutengi
translit. with handakuten(ngi)
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana支 伎 岐 企 棄 寸 吉 杵 來 貴 紀 記 奇 寄 忌 幾 木 城
Voiced Man'yōgana伎 祇 芸 岐 儀 蟻 疑 宜 義 擬
spelling kana切手のキ
(Kitte no "ki")
Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation.

, 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 either connected or disconnected.

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
kii, kyi
きい, きぃ
きー
キイ, キィ
キー
Addition yōon ky-
(きゃ行 kya-gyō)
kya きゃ キャ
kyaa
kyā
きゃあ, きゃぁ
きゃー
キャア, キャァ
キャー
kyu きゅ キュ
kyuu
kyū
きゅう, きゅぅ
きゅー
キュウ, キュゥ
キュー
kyo きょ キョ
kyou
kyoo
kyō
きょう, きょぅ
きょお, きょぉ
きょー
キョウ, キョゥ
キョオ, キョォ
キョー
Addition dakuten g-
(が行 ga-gyō)
gi
gii, gyi
ぎい, ぎぃ
ぎー
ギイ, ギィ
ギー
Addition yōon and dakuten gy-
(ぎゃ行 gya-gyō)
gya ぎゃ ギャ
gyaa
gyā
ぎゃあ, ぎゃぁ
ぎゃー
ギャア, ギャァ
ギャー
gyu ぎゅ ギュ
gyuu
gyū
ぎゅう, ぎゅぅ
ぎゅー
ギュウ, ギュゥ
ギュー
gyo ぎょ ギョ
gyou
gyoo
gyō
ぎょう, ぎょぅ
ぎょお, ぎょぉ
ぎょー
ギョウ, ギョゥ
ギョオ, ギョォ
ギョー
Other additional forms
Form A (ky-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
(kya) (きゃ) (キャ)
(kyi) (きぃ) (キィ)
(kyu) (きゅ) (キュ)
kye
kyei
kyee
kyē
きぇ
きぇい, きぇぃ
きぇえ
きぇー
キェ
キェイ, キェィ
キェエ
キェー
(kyo) (きょ) (キョ)
Form B (gy-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
(gya) (ぎゃ) (ギャ)
(gyi) (ぎぃ) (ギィ)
(gyu) (ぎゅ) (ギュ)
gye
gyei
gyee
gyē
ぎぇ
ぎぇい, ぎぇぃ
ぎぇえ
ぎぇー
ギェ
ギェイ, ギェィ
ギェエ
ギェー
(gyo) (ぎょ) (ギョ)