Ki (kana)

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The hiragana き.

The katakana キ.

The hiragana ぎ.

The katakana ギ.

	kana - gojūon
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.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ki	き	キ
	kii 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, kyah	きゃあ きゃー	キャア キャー
	kyu	きゅ	キュ
	kyuu kyū	きゅう きゅー	キュウ キュー
	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
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	gi	ぎ	ギ
	gii 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, gyah	ぎゃあ ぎゃー	ギャア ギャー
	gyu	ぎゅ	ギュ
	gyuu gyū	ぎゅう ぎゅー	ギュウ ギュー
	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

Other addtional forms
Form A (ky-) (kya) (きゃ) (キャ) (kyi) (きぃ) (キィ) (kyu) (きゅ) (キュ) kye きぇ キェ (kyo) (きょ) (キョ)	Form B (gy-) (gya) (ぎゃ) (ギャ) (gyi) (ぎぃ) (ギィ) (gyu) (ぎゅ) (ギュ) gye ぎぇ ギェ (gyo) (ぎょ) (ギョ)

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