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. 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- | ki | き | キ |
| Normal k- | kī | きい きー | キイ キー |
| Addition yōon ky- | kya | きゃ | キャ |
| Addition yōon ky- | kyā | きゃあ きゃー | キャア キャー |
| Addition yōon ky- | kyu | きゅ | キュ |
| Addition yōon ky- | kyū | きゅう きゅー | キュウ キュー |
| Addition yōon ky- | kyo | きょ | キョ |
| Addition yōon ky- | kyō | きょう きょお きょー | キョウ キョオ キョー |
| Addition dakuten g- | gi | ぎ | ギ |
| Addition dakuten g- | gī | ぎい ぎー | ギイ ギー |
| Addition yōon and dakuten gy- | gya | ぎゃ | ギャ |
| Addition yōon and dakuten gy- | gyā | ぎゃあ ぎゃー | ギャア ギャー |
| Addition yōon and dakuten gy- | gyu | ぎゅ | ギュ |
| Addition yōon and dakuten gy- | gyū | ぎゅう ぎゅー | ギュウ ギュー |
| Addition yōon and dakuten gy- | gyo | ぎょ | ギョ |
| Addition yōon and dakuten gy- | gyō | ぎょう ぎょお ぎょー | ギョウ ギョオ ギョー |