Chi (kana)

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chi
hiragana
Japanese Hiragana kyokashotai TI.svg
katakana
Japanese Katakana kyokashotai TI.svg
transliteration chi
translit. with dakuten dji
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana 知 智 陳 千 乳 血 茅
Voiced Man'yōgana遅 治 地 恥 尼 泥
spelling kana 千鳥のチ
(Chidori no "chi")

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are phonemically /ti/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki romanization ti, although, for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [t͡ɕi] , which is reflected in the Hepburn romanization chi.

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The kanji for one thousand (千, sen), appears similar to チ, and at one time they were related, but today チ is used as phonetic, while the kanji carries an entirely unrelated meaning.

Many onomatopoeic words beginning with ち pertain to things that are small or quick. [1]

The dakuten forms ぢ, ヂ, are uncommon. They are primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word (see rendaku), and they don't usually begin a word. The dakuten form of the shi character is sometimes used when transliterating "di", as opposed to チ's dakuten form; for example, Aladdin is written as アラジン Arajin, and radio is written as ラジオ. It is, however, more common to use ディ instead, such as ディオン to translate the name Dion.

In the Ainu language, チ by itself is pronounced [t͡s], and can be combined with the katakana ヤ, ユ, エ, and ヨ to write the other [t͡s] sounds. The combination チェ (pronounced [t͡se]), is interchangeable with セ゚.

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal ch-/t-
(た行 ta-gyō)
chi
chii, chyi
chī
ちい, ちぃ
ちー
チイ, チィ
チー
Addition yōon ch-/ty-
(ちゃ行 cha-gyō)
chaちゃチャ
chaa
chā
ちゃあ, ちゃぁ
ちゃー
チャア, チャァ
チャー
chuちゅチュ
chuu, chwu
chū
ちゅう, ちゅぅ
ちゅー
チュウ, チュゥ
チュー
choちょチョ
chou
choo
chō
ちょう, ちょぅ
ちょお, ちょぉ
ちょー
チョウ, チョゥ
チョオ, チョォ
チョー
Addition dakuten d- (j/z-)
(だ行 da-gyō)
ji
jii, jyi
ぢい, ぢぃ
ぢー
ヂイ, ヂィ
ヂー
Addition yōon and dakuten dy- (j/zy-)
(ぢゃ行 dya-gyō)
jaぢゃヂャ
jaa
ぢゃあ, ぢゃぁ
ぢゃー
ヂャア, ヂャァ
ヂャー
juぢゅヂュ
juu, jwu
ぢゅう, ぢゅぅ
ぢゅー
ヂュウ, ヂュゥ
ヂュー
joぢょヂョ
jou
joo
ぢょう, ぢょぅ
ぢょお, ぢょぉ
ぢょー
ヂョウ, ヂョゥ
ヂョオ, ヂョォ
ヂョー
Other additional forms
Form A (ch-/chw-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
(cha)(ちゃ)(チャ)
(chyi)(ちぃ)(チィ)
(chu)(ちゅ)(チュ)
che
chei
chee
chē
ちぇ
ちぇい, ちぇぃ
ちぇえ
ちぇー
チェ
チェイ, チェィ
チェエ
チェー
(cho)(ちょ)(チョ)
chwaちゅぁ, ちゎチュァ, チヮ
chwiちゅぃチュィ
(chwu)(ちゅぅ)(チュゥ)
chweちゅぇチュェ
chwoちゅぉチュォ
Form B (dy-/j-/jw-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
(dya, ja)(ぢゃ)(ヂャ)
(dyi, jyi)(ぢぃ)(ヂィ)
(dyu, ju)(ぢゅ)(ヂュ)
dye, je
dyei, jei
dyee, jee
dyē, jē
ぢぇ
ぢぇい, ぢぇぃ
ぢぇえ
ぢぇー
ヂェ
ヂェイ, ヂェィ
ヂェエ
ヂェー
(dyo, jo)(ぢょ)(ヂョ)
jwaぢゅぁ, ぢゎヂュァ, ヂヮ
jwiぢゅぃヂュィ
(jwu)(ぢゅぅ)(ヂュゥ)
jweぢゅぇヂュェ
jwoぢゅぉヂュォ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing chi Hiragana chi stroke order animation.gif
Stroke order in writing ち
Stroke order in writing chi Katakana chi stroke order animation.gif
Stroke order in writing チ
Stroke order in writing chi chi-bw.png
Stroke order in writing ち
Stroke order in writing chi chi-bw.png
Stroke order in writing チ

Other communicative representations

Japanese radiotelephony alphabet Wabun code
千鳥のチ
Chidori no "Chi"
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Japanese Semaphore Basic Stroke 7.svg Japanese Semaphore Basic Stroke 2r.svg

CHI-jsl-yubimoji.png Japanese Chi Braille.svg
Japanese Navy Signal Flag Japanese semaphore Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) Braille dots-1235
Japanese Braille
ち / チ in Japanese Braille Ch/J/Dy + Yōon braille
ち / チ
chi
ぢ / ヂ
ji/di
ちい / チー
chī
ぢい / ヂー
/
ちゃ / チャ
cha
ぢゃ / ヂャ
ja/dya
ちゃあ / チャー
chā
ぢゃあ / ヂャー
/dya
Japanese Chi Braille.svg Japanese Dakuten Braille.svg Japanese Chi Braille.svg Japanese Chi Braille.svg Japanese Choon Braille.svg Japanese Dakuten Braille.svg Japanese Chi Braille.svg Japanese Choon Braille.svg Japanese -Y- Braille.svg Japanese Ta Braille.svg Japanese YoonDakuten Braille.svg Japanese Ta Braille.svg Japanese -Y- Braille.svg Japanese Ta Braille.svg Japanese Choon Braille.svg Japanese YoonDakuten Braille.svg Japanese Ta Braille.svg Japanese Choon Braille.svg
Ch/J/Dy + Yōon braille
ちゅ / チュ
chu
ぢゅ / ヂュ
ju/dyu
ちゅう / チュー
chū
ぢゅう / ヂュー
/dyū
ちょ / チョ
cho
ぢょ / ヂョ
jo/dyo
ちょう / チョー
chō
ぢょう / ヂョー
/dyō
Japanese -Y- Braille.svg Japanese Tsu Braille.svg Japanese YoonDakuten Braille.svg Japanese Tsu Braille.svg Japanese -Y- Braille.svg Japanese Tsu Braille.svg Japanese Choon Braille.svg Japanese YoonDakuten Braille.svg Japanese Tsu Braille.svg Japanese Choon Braille.svg Japanese -Y- Braille.svg Japanese To Braille.svg Japanese YoonDakuten Braille.svg Japanese To Braille.svg Japanese -Y- Braille.svg Japanese To Braille.svg Japanese Choon Braille.svg Japanese YoonDakuten Braille.svg Japanese To Braille.svg Japanese Choon Braille.svg
Character information
Preview
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER TIKATAKANA LETTER TIHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TIHIRAGANA LETTER DIKATAKANA LETTER DICIRCLED KATAKANA TI
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 12385U+306112481U+30C165409U+FF8112386U+306212482U+30C213024U+32E0
UTF-8 227 129 161E3 81 A1227 131 129E3 83 81239 190 129EF BE 81227 129 162E3 81 A2227 131 130E3 83 82227 139 160E3 8B A0
Numeric character reference ちちチチチチぢぢヂヂ㋠㋠
Shift JIS [2] 130 19182 BF131 9683 60193C1130 19282 C0131 9783 61
EUC-JP [3] 164 193A4 C1165 193A5 C1142 1938E C1164 194A4 C2165 194A5 C2
GB 18030 [4] 164 193A4 C1165 193A5 C1132 49 152 5784 31 98 39164 194A4 C2165 194A5 C2
EUC-KR [5] / UHC [6] 170 193AA C1171 193AB C1170 194AA C2171 194AB C2
Big5 (non-ETEN kana) [7] 198 197C6 C5199 89C7 59198 198C6 C6199 90C7 5A
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) [8] 199 72C7 48199 189C7 BD199 73C7 49199 190C7 BE

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