Mi (kana)

mi
mi
hiragana;	katakana;
transliteration	mi
hiragana origin	美
katakana origin	三
Man'yōgana	民彌美三水見視御未味尾微身実箕
spelling kana	三笠のミ Mikasa no "mi"
unicode	U+307F, U+30DF
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	Note: These Man'yōgana originally represented morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation

み, in hiragana, or ミ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in two strokes, while the katakana is made in three. Both represent [mi].

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal m- (ま行 ma-gyō)	mi	み	ミ
Normal m- (ま行 ma-gyō)	mii, myi mī	みい, みぃみー, み～	ミイ, ミィミー, ミ～
Addition yōon my- (みゃ行 mya-gyō)	mya	みゃ	ミャ
	myaa myā	みゃあ, みゃぁみゃー, みゃ～	ミャア, ミャァミャー, ミャ～
	myu	みゅ	ミュ
	myuu myū	みゅう, みゅぅみゅー, みゅ～	ミュウ, ミュゥミュー, ミュ～
	myo	みょ	ミョ
	myou myoo myō	みょう, みょぅみょお, みょぉみょー, みょ～	ミョウ, ミョゥミョオ, ミョォミョー, ミョ～

Other additional forms

**Form (*my-*)**
Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
(mya)	(みゃ)	(ミャ)
(myi)	(みぃ)	(ミィ)
(myu)	(みゅ)	(ミュ)
mye myei myee myē	みぇみぇい, みぇぃみぇえみぇー	ミェミェイ, ミェィミェエミェー
(myo)	(みょ)	(ミョ)