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.

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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 syllables with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation

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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].

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More information き / キ in Japanese Braille, K + Yōon braille ...

き / キ in Japanese Braille				K + Yōon braille
き / キ ki	ぎ / ギ gi	きい / キー kī	ぎい / ギー gī	きゃ / キャ kya	ぎゃ / ギャ gya	きゃあ / キャー kyā	ぎゃあ / ギャー gyā
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きゅ / キュ kyu	ぎゅ / ギュ gyu	きゅう / キュー kyū	ぎゅう / ギュー gyū	きょ / キョ kyo	ぎょ / ギョ gyo	きょう / キョー kyō	ぎょう / ギョー gyō
	ku	ku	ku	ko	ko	ko	ko

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