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| transliteration | ki き | ||
| translit. with dakuten | gi ぎ | ||
| translit. with handakuten | き゜(ngi) | ||
| hiragana origin | 幾 | ||
| katakana origin | 幾 | ||
| 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 | |||
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き, in hiragana, キ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ki] and are derived from a simplification of the 幾 kanji. The hiragana character き, like さ, 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 |
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| Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō) |
ki | き | キ |
| kii, kyi kī |
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 | ぎ | ギ |
| gii, gyi gī |
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 |
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