Ki (kana)

ki
hiragana katakana
transliteration	ki
translit. with dakuten	gi
translit. with handakuten	(ngi)
hiragana origin	幾
katakana origin	幾
spelling kana	切手のキ (Kitte no "ki")

き, in hiragana, キ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ki] and are derived from a simplification of the 幾 kanji. The hiragana character き, like さ, is drawn with the lower line connected when printing. When writing, the lines are separated (as in the adjacent image).

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 [ɡi] in initial, and varying between [ŋi] and [ɣi] 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 [ŋi].

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	Ki	き	キ
	Kī	きい きー	キイ キー
Addition yōon ky- (きゃ行 kya-gyō)	Kya	きゃ	キャ
	Kyā	きゃあ きゃー	キャア キャー
	Kyu	きゅ	キュ
	Kyū	きゅう きゅー	キュウ キュー
	Kyo	きょ	キョ
	Kyō	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
	Gī	ぎい ぎー	ギイ ギー
Addition yōon and dakuten gy- (ぎゃ行 gya-gyō)	Gya	ぎゃ	ギャ
	Gyā	ぎゃあ ぎゃー	ギャア ギャー
	Gyu	ぎゅ	ギュ
	Gyū	ぎゅう ぎゅー	ギュウ ギュー
	Gyo	ぎょ	ギョ
	Gyō	ぎょう ぎょお ぎょー	ギョウ ギョオ ギョー

Other additional forms
Form A (ky-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana kyi きぃ キィ kye きぇ キェ	Form B (gy-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana gyi ぎぃ ギィ gye ぎぇ ギェ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing き

Stroke order in writing キ

Stroke order in writing き

Stroke order in writing キ

Other communicative representations

• Computer encodings

Character	き		キ		ｷ		ぎ		ギ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER KI		KATAKANA LETTER KI		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KI		HIRAGANA LETTER GI		KATAKANA LETTER GI
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12365	U+304D	12461	U+30AD	65399	U+FF77	12366	U+304E	12462	U+30AE
UTF-8	227 129 141	E3 81 8D	227 130 173	E3 82 AD	239 189 183	EF BD B7	227 129 142	E3 81 8E	227 130 174	E3 82 AE
Numeric character reference	き	き	キ	キ	ｷ	ｷ	ぎ	ぎ	ギ	ギ
Shift JIS	130 171	82 AB	131 76	83 4C	183	B7	130 172	82 AC	131 77	83 4D

• Braille

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
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

• Japanese semaphore

The Wabun code for き or キ is －・－・・.