Chi (kana)

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Hiragana

Katakana

[chi]

	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

ち, in hiragana, or チ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent IPA) /ti/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [ʨi] (help·info).

The kanji for one thousand (千, sen), appears similar but 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, 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.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal ch- (た行 ta-gyō)	chi	ち	チ
Normal ch- (た行 ta-gyō)	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
Addition dakuten d- (j/z-) (だ行 da-gyō)	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

Other additional forms

**Form A (*ch-*)**
Romaji	Hiragana	Katagana
(cha)	(ちゃ)	(チャ)
(chi)	(ち)	(チ)
(chu)	(ちゅ)	(チュ)
che	ちぇ	チェ
(cho)	(ちょ)	(チョ)

**Form B (*dy/j-*)**
Romaji	Hiragana	Katagana
(dya, ja)	(ぢゃ)	(ヂャ)
(dyi, ji)	(ぢぃ, ぢ)	(ヂィ, ヂ)
(dyu, ju)	(ぢゅ)	(ヂュ)
dye (je)	ぢぇ	ヂェ
(dyo, jo)	(ぢょ)	(ヂョ)

[edit] Stroke order

Stroke order in writing ち

Stroke order in writing チ

[edit] References

^ 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.