Chi (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	[chi]
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	知
Katakana Man'yōgana:	千
Unicode:
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

ち, in hiragana, or チ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent IPA) /ti/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [t͡ɕi] (help·info).

The kanji for one thousand (千, sen), appears similar but 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, pronounced the same as the dakuten forms of the shi kana in most dialects (see yotsugana), are uncommon. They are primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word (see rendaku), and they can never begin a word. Additionally, it is interesting to note that the dakuten form of the shi character is used when transliterating "di" occasionally, 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.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal ch- (た行 ta-gyō)	chi	ち	チ
	chii chī	ちい, ちぃ ちー	チイ, チィ チー
Addition yōon ch- (ちゃ行 cha-gyō)	cha	ちゃ	チャ
	chaa chā, chah	ちゃあ ちゃー	チャア チャー
	chu	ちゅ	チュ
	chuu chū	ちゅう ちゅー	チュウ チュー
	cho	ちょ	チョ
	chou choo chō, choh	ちょう ちょお ちょー	チョウ チョオ チョー
Addition dakuten d- (j/z-) (だ行 da-gyō)	di (ji, zi)	ぢ	ヂ
	dii (jii, zii) dī (jī, zī)	ぢい, ぢぃ ぢー	ヂイ, ヂィ ヂー
Addition yōon and dakuten dy- (j-) (ぢゃ行 dya-gyō)	dya (ja)	ぢゃ	ヂャ
	dyaa (jaa) dyā (jā), dyah (jah)	ぢゃあ ぢゃー	ヂャア ヂャー
	dyu (ju)	ぢゅ	ヂュ
	dyuu (juu) dyū (jū)	ぢゅう ぢゅー	ヂュウ ヂュー
	dyo (jo)	ぢょ	ヂョ
	dyou (jou) dyoo (joo) dyō (jō), dyoh (joh)	ぢょう ぢょお ぢょー	ヂョウ ヂョオ ヂョー

Other additional forms
Form A (ch-) Romaji Hiragana Katagana (cha) (ちゃ) (チャ) (chi) (ち) (チ) (chu) (ちゅ) (チュ) che ちぇ チェ (cho) (ちょ) (チョ)	Form B (dy/j-) Romaji Hiragana Katagana (dya, ja) (ぢゃ) (ヂャ) (dyi, ji) (ぢぃ, ぢ) (ヂィ, ヂ) (dyu, ju) (ぢゅ) (ヂュ) dye (je) ぢぇ ヂェ (dyo, jo) (ぢょ) (ヂョ)

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[edit] References

1. ^ Hiroko Fukuda, Jazz Up Your Japanese with Onomatopoeia: For All Levels, trans. Tom Gally. New York: Kodansha International (2003): 19 - 20, Introduction, Words Beginning with ち Chi, Indicating Smallness or Quickness.

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