Chi (kana)
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| transliteration | chi, ti | |||
| translit. with dakuten | ji, zi, di | |||
| hiragana origin | 知 | |||
| katakana origin | 千 | |||
| spelling kana |
千鳥のチ (Chidori no "chi") | |||
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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].
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. 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. More commonly though is to use ディ instead, such as ディオン to translate the name Dion.
In the Ainu language, チ by itself is pronounced [t͡ʃi], and can be combined with the katakana ヤ, ユ, エ, and ヨ to write the other [t͡ʃ] sounds as well as [t͡s] sounds. The combination チェ (pronounced [t͡se]), is interchangeable with セ゚.
Form variants
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| chu | ちゅ | チュ | |
| chuu chū |
ちゅう ちゅー |
チュウ チュー | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| dyu (ju) | ぢゅ | ヂュ | |
| dyuu (juu) dyū (jū) |
ぢゅう ぢゅー |
ヂュウ ヂュー | |
| 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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Stroke order
 Stroke order in writing ち |
 Stroke order in writing チ |
Other representations
| Character | ち | チ | ﾁ | ぢ | ヂ | |||||
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER TI | KATAKANA LETTER TI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TI | HIRAGANA LETTER DI | KATAKANA LETTER DI | |||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 12385 | U+3061 | 12481 | U+30C1 | 65409 | U+FF81 | 12386 | U+3062 | 12482 | U+30C2 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 161 | E3 81 A1 | 227 131 129 | E3 83 81 | 239 190 129 | EF BE 81 | 227 129 162 | E3 81 A2 | 227 131 130 | E3 83 82 |
| Numeric character reference | ち | ち | チ | チ | ﾁ | ﾁ | ぢ | ぢ | ヂ | ヂ |
| Shift JIS | 130 191 | 82 BF | 131 96 | 83 60 | 193 | C1 | 130 192 | 82 C0 | 131 97 | 83 61 |
- Braille
| ち / チ in Japanese Braille | Ch/J/Dy + Yōon braille | ||||||
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| ち / チ chi | ぢ / ヂ ji/di | ちい / チー chī | ぢい / ヂー jī/dī | ちゃ / チャ cha | ぢゃ / ヂャ ja/dya | ちゃあ / チャー chā | ぢゃあ / ヂャー jā/dya |
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| Ch/J/Dy + Yōon braille | |||||||
| ちゅ / チュ chu | ぢゅ / ヂュ ju/dyu | ちゅう / チュー chū | ぢゅう / ヂュー jū/dyū | ちょ / チョ cho | ぢょ / ヂョ jo/dyo | ちょう / チョー chō | ぢょう / ヂョー jō/dyō |
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See also
References
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Look up ち, ぢ, チ, or ヂ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- ↑ Hiroko Fukuda, Jazz Up Your Japanese with Onomatopoeia: For All Levels, trans. Tom Gally. New York: Kodansha International (2003): 19 - 20, Introduction, Words Beginning with ち Chi, Indicating Smallness or Quickness.