KI (KANA)

'き', in hiragana, 'キ' in katakana, 'ki' in Romaji with Hepburn romanisation (IPA: ), is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.
Both hiragana き and katakana キ are derived from a simplification of the kanji. The hiragana character き, like さ, is to be 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 . A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ''ki'' in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation (IPA: ) that occurs in some dialects.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal ''k-'' (か行 ''ka-gyō'')	''ki''	き	キ
	''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
	''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

Other additional forms
'Form A (''ky-'')' (''kya'') (きゃ) (キャ) (''kyi'') (きぃ) (キィ) (''kyu'') (きゅ) (キュ) ''kye'' きぇ キェ (''kyo'') (きょ) (キョ)	'Form B (''gy-'')' (''gya'') (ぎゃ) (ギャ) (''gyi'') (ぎぃ) (ギィ) (''gyu'') (ぎゅ) (ギュ) ''gye'' ぎぇ ギェ (''gyo'') (ぎょ) (ギョ)

Contents

Strokes

Representations in other writing systems

Strokes

Representations in other writing systems

In Japanese Braille, き or キ is represented as:

●	－
●	－
－	●

The Wabun code for き or キ is －・－・・.