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| Transliteration: | chi, ti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana Man'yōgana: | 知 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katakana Man'yōgana: | 千 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ち, in hiragana, or チ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are phonemically /ti/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [t͡ɕi] ( listen).
The kanji for one thousand (千, sen), appears similar to チ, and at one time they were related, but today チ is used as phonetic, while the kanji carries an entirely unrelated meaning.
Many onomatopoeic words beginning with ち pertain to things that are small or quick.[1]
The dakuten forms ぢ, ヂ, pronounced the same as the dakuten forms of the shi kana in most dialects (see yotsugana), are uncommon. They are primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word (see rendaku), and they can never begin a word, although some people will write the word for hemorrhoids (normally じ) as ぢ for emphasis. Additionally, the dakuten form of the shi character is sometimes used when transliterating "di", as opposed to チ's dakuten form; for example, Aladdin is written as アラジン Arajin, and radio is written as ラジオ.
In the Ainu language, チ by itself is pronounced [tʃi], and can be combined with the katakana ヤ, ユ, エ, and ヨ to write the other [tʃ] sounds as well as [ts] sounds. The combination チェ (pronounced [tse]), is interchangeable with セ゚.
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| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal ch- (た行 ta-gyō) |
chi | ち | チ |
| chii chī |
ちい, ちぃ ちー |
チイ, チィ チー |
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| Addition yōon ch- (ちゃ行 cha-gyō) |
cha | ちゃ | チャ |
| chaa chā, chah |
ちゃあ ちゃー |
チャア チャー |
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| chu | ちゅ | チュ | |
| chuu chū |
ちゅう ちゅー |
チュウ チュー |
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| cho | ちょ | チョ | |
| chou choo chō, choh |
ちょう ちょお ちょー |
チョウ チョオ チョー |
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| Addition dakuten d- (j/z-) (だ行 da-gyō) |
di (ji, zi) | ぢ | ヂ |
| dii (jii, zii) dī (jī, zī) |
ぢい, ぢぃ ぢー |
ヂイ, ヂィ ヂー |
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| Addition yōon and dakuten dy- (j-) (ぢゃ行 dya-gyō) |
dya (ja) | ぢゃ | ヂャ |
| dyaa (jaa) dyā (jā), dyah (jah) |
ぢゃあ ぢゃー |
ヂャア ヂャー |
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| dyu (ju) | ぢゅ | ヂュ | |
| dyuu (juu) dyū (jū) |
ぢゅう ぢゅー |
ヂュウ ヂュー |
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| dyo (jo) | ぢょ | ヂョ | |
| dyou (jou) dyoo (joo) dyō (jō), dyoh (joh) |
ぢょう ぢょお ぢょー |
ヂョウ ヂョオ ヂョー |
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