transliteration ki translit. with handakuten (ngi) katakana origin 幾 | translit. with dakuten gi hiragana origin 幾 spelling kana 切手のキ(Kitte no "ki") | |
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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 either the lower line connected or the lines are separated.
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].
Other communicative representations
The Wabun code for き or キ is －・－・・.
References
Ki (kana) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA