| Hiragana ち | |
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| Character | ち |
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| Transliteration | chi |
| Section | T |
| Hiragana Man'yōgana | 知 |
| Stroke Number | 2 |
ち, in hiragana, or チ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are phonemically /ti/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is chi.
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, 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.
In the Ainu language, チ by itself is pronounced [tʃi], and can be combined with the katakana ヤ, ユ, エ, and ヨ to write the other [tʃ] sounds as well as [ts] sounds. The combination チェ (pronounced [tse]), is interchangeable with セ゚.
Form variants[]
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana |
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| Normal ch- (た行 ta-gyō) |
Chi | ち |
| Chii Chī |
ちい ちー | |
| Addition dakuten dj- (だ行 da-gyō) |
Dji | ぢ |
| Djii Djī |
ぢい ぢー |
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Pronunciation[]
Words with 'ち'[]
'ち' at the beginning[]
'ち' in the middle[]
'ち' at the end[]
Stroke order[]
Stroke order in writing ち
The Hiragana ち is made with three strokes:
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References[]
- ↑ 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.