き

See also: さ, ぎ, and き゚

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

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Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

Etymology 1

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.

Syllable

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 terms

• ぎ (gi)

See also

• (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 2

Noun

き (rōmaji ki)

1. 木: tree
2. 気: air, spirit

Suffix

き (rōmaji -ki)

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

Counter

き (rōmaji -ki)

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

Etymology 3

Suffix

き (rōmaji -ki)

1. (Classical Japanese, jodōshi) Indicates past tense.

Usage notes

Follows the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verbs and some auxiliaries. Conjugation:

未然形	連用形	終止形	連体形	已然形	命令形
せ (se)		き (ki)	し (shi)	しか (shika)

Related terms

• けむ (kemu)

See also

• けり (keri)