Ki (kana)

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Hiragana

Katakana

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	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, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) /ki/ and are derived from a simplification of the 幾 kanji. The hiragana character き, like さ, is 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 /gi/. 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
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	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
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	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