Ki (kana)

き, in hiragana, キ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent and are derived from a simplification of the kanji. The hiragana character き, like さ, is drawn with the lower line either connected or disconnected.

A dakuten may be added to the character; this transforms it into ぎ in hiragana, ギ in katakana, and gi in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value also changes, to in initial, and varying between and in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ki in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation .

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	ki	き	キ
	kii, kyi kī	きい, きぃ きー	キイ, キィ キー
Addition yōon ky- ( kya-gyō)	kya	きゃ	キャ
	kyaa kyā	きゃあ, きゃぁ きゃー	キャア, キャァ キャー
	kyu	きゅ	キュ
	kyuu kyū	きゅう, きゅぅ きゅー	キュウ, キュゥ キュー
	kyo	きょ	キョ
	kyou kyoo kyō	きょう, きょぅ きょお, きょぉ きょー	キョウ, キョゥ キョオ, キョォ キョー
Addition dakuten g- ( ga-gyō)	gi	ぎ	ギ
	gii, gyi gī	ぎい, ぎぃ ぎー	ギイ, ギィ ギー
Addition yōon and dakuten gy- ( gya-gyō)	gya	ぎゃ	ギャ
	gyaa gyā	ぎゃあ, ぎゃぁ ぎゃー	ギャア, ギャァ ギャー
	gyu	ぎゅ	ギュ
	gyuu gyū	ぎゅう, ぎゅぅ ぎゅー	ギュウ, ギュゥ ギュー
	gyo	ぎょ	ギョ
	gyou gyoo gyō	ぎょう, ぎょぅ ぎょお, ぎょぉ ぎょー	ギョウ, ギョゥ ギョオ, ギョォ ギョー

Other additional forms
Form A (ky-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana (kya) (きゃ) (キャ) (kyi) (きぃ) (キィ) (kyu) (きゅ) (キュ) kye kyei kyee kyē きぇ きぇい, きぇぃ きぇえ きぇー キェ キェイ, キェィ キェエ キェー (kyo) (きょ) (キョ)	Form B (gy-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana (gya) (ぎゃ) (ギャ) (gyi) (ぎぃ) (ギィ) (gyu) (ぎゅ) (ギュ) gye gyei gyee gyē ぎぇ ぎぇい, ぎぇぃ ぎぇえ ぎぇー ギェ ギェイ, ギェィ ギェエ ギェー (gyo) (ぎょ) (ギョ)

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing き Stroke order in writing き 3, 4

Stroke order in writing キ Stroke order in writing キ 3

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Stroke order in writing き

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Stroke order in writing キ

Other communicative representations

• Full Braille representation

き / キ in Japanese Braille				K + Yōon braille
き / キ ki	ぎ / ギ gi	きい / キー kī	ぎい / ギー gī	きゃ / キャ kya	ぎゃ / ギャ gya	きゃあ / キャー kyā	ぎゃあ / ギャー gyā
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K + Yōon braille
きゅ / キュ kyu	ぎゅ / ギュ gyu	きゅう / キュー kyū	ぎゅう / ギュー gyū	きょ / キョ kyo	ぎょ / ギョ gyo	きょう / キョー kyō	ぎょう / ギョー gyō
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• Computer encodings