Chi (kana)


Chi is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are phonemically, reflected in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki romanization ti, although, for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is, which is reflected in the Hepburn romanization chi.
The kanji for one thousand, 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.
The dakuten forms ぢ, ヂ, are uncommon. They are primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word, 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, and can be combined with the katakana ヤ, ユ, エ, and ヨ to write the other sounds. The combination チェ, is interchangeable with セ゚.
FormRōmajiHiraganaKatakana
Normal ch-/''t-
chiちチ
Normal ch-/t-
chii, chyi
chī		ちい, ちぃ
ちー		チイ, チィ
チー
Addition yōon ch-/ty-
chaちゃチャ
Addition yōon ch-/ty-
chaa
chā		ちゃあ, ちゃぁ
ちゃー		チャア, チャァ
チャー
Addition yōon ch-/ty-
chuちゅチュ
Addition yōon ch-/ty-
chuu, chwu
chū		ちゅう, ちゅぅ
ちゅー		チュウ, チュゥ
チュー
Addition yōon ch-/ty-
choちょチョ
Addition yōon ch-/ty-
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-
jiぢヂ
Addition dakuten d-/j-
jii, jyi
jī		ぢい, ぢぃ
ぢー		ヂイ, ヂィ
ヂー
Addition yōon and dakuten dy-/j-
jaぢゃヂャ
Addition yōon and dakuten dy-/j-
jaa
jā		ぢゃあ, ぢゃぁ
ぢゃー		ヂャア, ヂャァ
ヂャー
Addition yōon and dakuten dy-/j-
juぢゅヂュ
Addition yōon and dakuten dy-/j-
juu, jwu
jū		ぢゅう, ぢゅぅ
ぢゅー		ヂュウ, ヂュゥ
ヂュー
Addition yōon and dakuten dy-/j-
joぢょヂョ
Addition yōon and dakuten dy-/j-
jou
joo
jō''		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

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