Also known as HIRAGANA LETTER KI, ki
Hiragana letter Ki (U+304D)
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Encyclopedic overview
Transliterationki Translit. with dakutengi Translit. with handakuten(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 morae with one of two different vowel sounds, which merged in later pronunciation.
Kana modifiers and marks
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “き” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.