き

See also: さ and ぎ

Character	き U+304D, き
Name	HIRAGANA LETTER KI
Block	Hiragana
← が [U+304C] [U+304E] ぎ →

Contents

JapaneseEdit

Stroke order

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

Etymology 1Edit

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 幾 in the cursive sōsho style. Variants include those derived by similar process from 支, 起, 木, 祈, 貴 and 喜.

SyllableEdit

き ‎(romaji ki)

1. The hiragana syllable き ‎(ki). Its equivalent in katakana is キ ‎(ki). It is the seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行い段 ‎(ka-gyō i-dan, “row ka, section i”).

Derived termsEdit

• ぎ ‎(gi)

See alsoEdit

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2Edit

Kanji readingEdit

き ‎(romaji ki)

On-reading of:Edit

• 貴: noble, precious
• 機: machine, moment, chance
• 記: record
• 希: hope, expect
• 姫: beauty
• 忌: anniversary of a person's death
• 季: season
• 几: small table
• 幾: how many, some
• 紀:
• 喜:
• 㐂:
• 気:
• 期:
• 器:
• 鬼:
• 樹:
• 既:

Kun-reading of:Edit

• 黄： yellow

NounEdit

き ‎(romaji ki)

1. 木: tree
2. 気: air, spirit

SuffixEdit

き ‎(romaji -ki)

1. 器: device; container
2. 忌: anniversary of one's death
3. 記: history, account, record
4. 期: time, period; geological age

CounterEdit

き ‎(romaji -ki)

1. 騎: horsemen
2. 機: aircraft; lives in video games
3. 基: installed or mounted objects such as gravestones