Ki (kana)

ki
ki
hiragana;	katakana;
transliteration	ki き
translit. with dakuten	gi　ぎ
translit. with handakuten	き゜(ngi)
hiragana origin	幾
katakana origin	幾
Man'yōgana	支伎岐企棄寸吉杵來貴紀記奇寄忌幾木城
Voiced Man'yōgana	伎祇芸岐儀蟻疑宜義擬
spelling kana	切手のキ; (Kitte no "ki")
	Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation.

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 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 [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
Normal k- (か行 ka-gyō)	kii, kyi 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	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- (が行 ga-gyō)	gi	ぎ	ギ
Addition dakuten g- (が行 ga-gyō)	gii, gyi 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	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)