Ki (kana)

, 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.

ki
hiragana
katakana
transliterationki き
translit. with dakutengi ぎ
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 syllables with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation

A dakuten may be added to the character; this transforms it into in hiragana, ギ in katakana, and gi in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value also changes, to [gi] 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 ロマジ Hiragana ひらがな Katakanaカタカナ
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
3, 4
Stroke order in writing キ
3
Stroke order in writing き
Stroke order in writing キ

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
き / キ in Japanese BrailleK + 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
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
ku ku ku ko ko ko ko
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER KIKATAKANA LETTER KIHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KIHIRAGANA LETTER GIKATAKANA LETTER GI
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12365U+304D12461U+30AD65399U+FF7712366U+304E12462U+30AE
UTF-8227 129 141E3 81 8D227 130 173E3 82 AD239 189 183EF BD B7227 129 142E3 81 8E227 130 174E3 82 AE
Numeric character referenceききキキキキぎぎギギ
Shift JIS[1]130 17182 AB131 7683 4C183B7130 17282 AC131 7783 4D
EUC-JP[2]164 173A4 AD165 173A5 AD142 1838E B7164 174A4 AE165 174A5 AE
GB 18030[3]164 173A4 AD165 173A5 AD132 49 151 5784 31 97 39164 174A4 AE165 174A5 AE
EUC-KR[4] / UHC[5]170 173AA AD171 173AB AD170 174AA AE171 174AB AE
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[6]198 177C6 B1199 69C7 45198 178C6 B2199 70C7 46
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[7]198 243C6 F3199 169C7 A9198 244C6 F4199 170C7 AA
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGI[8]KATAKANA LETTER BIDAKUON NGI[8]CIRCLED KATAKANA KI
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12365 12442U+304D+309A12461 12442U+30AD+309A13014U+32D6
UTF-8227 129 141 227 130 154E3 81 8D E3 82 9A227 130 173 227 130 154E3 82 AD E3 82 9A227 139 150E3 8B 96
Numeric character referenceき゚き゚キ゚キ゚㋖㋖
Shift JIS-2004[9]130 24682 F6131 15283 98
EUC-JIS-2004[10]164 248A4 F8165 248A5 F8
GB 18030[3]129 57 210 5081 39 D2 32

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