Chi (kana)

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 [t͡ɕi] (listen).

chi
transliterationchi, ti
translit. with dakutenji, zi, di
hiragana origin知
katakana origin千
spelling kana千鳥のチ
(Chidori no "chi")
kana gojūon
warayamahanatasakaa
wirimihinichishikii
ruyumufunutsusukuu
weremehenetesekee
woroyomohonotosokoo

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, although some people will write the word for hemorrhoids (normally じ) as ぢ for emphasis. 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. More common, though, is 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 [t͡ʃi], and can be combined with the katakana ヤ, ユ, エ, and ヨ to write the other [t͡ʃ] sounds as well as [t͡s] sounds. The combination チェ (pronounced [t͡se]), is interchangeable with セ゚.

Form variants
Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Hepburn Kunrei-shiki Nihon-shiki
Normal ch-/t-
(た行 ta-gyō)		 chi ti ち チ
chii
chī		 tii
tī		 ちい, ちぃ
ちー		 チイ, チィ
チー
Addition yōon ch-/ty-
(ちゃ行 cha-gyō)		 cha tya ちゃ チャ
chaa
chā		 tyaa
tyā		 ちゃあ
ちゃー		 チャア
チャー
chu tyu ちゅ チュ
chuu
chū		 tyuu
tyū		 ちゅう
ちゅー		 チュウ
チュー
cho tyo ちょ チョ
chou
choo
chō		 tyou
tyoo
tyō		 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)		 ji zi di ぢ ヂ
jii
jī		 zii
zī		 dii
dī		 ぢい, ぢぃ
ぢー		 ヂイ, ヂィ
ヂー
Addition yōon and dakuten dy- (j/zy-)
(ぢゃ行 dya-gyō)		 ja zya dya ぢゃ ヂャ
jaa
jā		 zyaa
zyā		 dyaa
dyā		 ぢゃあ
ぢゃー		 ヂャア
ヂャー
ju zyu dyu ぢゅ ヂュ
juu
jū		 zyuu
zyū		 dyuu
dyū		 ぢゅう
ぢゅー		 ヂュウ
ヂュー
jo zyo dyo ぢょ ヂョ
jou
joo
jō		 zyou
zyoo
zyō		 dyou
dyoo
dyō		 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 Katakana
(cha) (ちゃ) (チャ)
(chyi, chi) (ちぃ, ち) (チ)
(chu) (ちゅ) (チュ)
che ちぇ チェ
(cho) (ちょ) (チョ)
Form B (dy/j-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
(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)

Stroke order
Stroke order in writing ち
Stroke order in writing チ
Stroke order in writing ち
Stroke order in writing チ

Other communicative representations
  • Full Braille representation
ち / チ in Japanese BrailleCh/J/Dy + Yōon braille
ち / チ
chi		ぢ / ヂ
ji/di		ちい / チー
chī		ぢい / ヂー
jī/dī		ちゃ / チャ
cha		ぢゃ / ヂャ
ja/dya		ちゃあ / チャー
chā		ぢゃあ / ヂャー
jā/dya
Ch/J/Dy + Yōon braille
ちゅ / チュ
chu		ぢゅ / ヂュ
ju/dyu		ちゅう / チュー
chū		ぢゅう / ヂュー
jū/dyū		ちょ / チョ
cho		ぢょ / ヂョ
jo/dyo		ちょう / チョー
chō		ぢょう / ヂョー
jō/dyō
Character information
Previewちチﾁぢヂ
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER TIKATAKANA LETTER TIHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER TIHIRAGANA LETTER DIKATAKANA LETTER DI
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12385U+306112481U+30C165409U+FF8112386U+306212482U+30C2
UTF-8227 129 161E3 81 A1227 131 129E3 83 81239 190 129EF BE 81227 129 162E3 81 A2227 131 130E3 83 82
Numeric character referenceちちチチﾁﾁぢぢヂヂ
Shift JIS[2]130 19182 BF131 9683 60193C1130 19282 C0131 9783 61
EUC-JP[3]164 193A4 C1165 193A5 C1142 1938E C1164 194A4 C2165 194A5 C2
GB 18030[4]164 193A4 C1165 193A5 C1132 49 152 5784 31 98 39164 194A4 C2165 194A5 C2
EUC-KR[5] / UHC[6]170 193AA C1171 193AB C1170 194AA C2171 194AB C2
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[7]198 197C6 C5199 89C7 59198 198C6 C6199 90C7 5A
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[8]199 72C7 48199 189C7 BD199 73C7 49199 190C7 BE
Character information
Preview㋠
Unicode nameCIRCLED KATAKANA TI
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode13024U+32E0
UTF-8227 139 160E3 8B A0
Numeric character reference㋠㋠
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See also

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.
  2. Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-03-08]. "Shift-JIS to Unicode".
  3. Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  4. Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  5. Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  6. Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  7. Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
  8. van Kesteren, Anne. "big5". Encoding Standard. WHATWG.
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