pronunciation is [ɕi] , which is reflected in the Hepburn romanization shi. The shapes of these kana have origins in the character 之. The katakana form has become...

Kana (仮名, Japanese pronunciation: [kana]) are syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae. In current usage, kana most commonly refers...

pronoun Shi, proposed gender-neutral pronoun Shi (kana), a kana in Japanese syllabaries Shi language Shī, transliteration of Chinese Radical 44 Tachelhit...

interchangeable with セ゚. Full Braille representation Computer encodings Shi (kana) Hepburn romanization Kunrei-shiki romanization Look up ち, ぢ, チ, or ヂ...

"fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived from components or fragments of more complex kanji. Katakana and hiragana are both kana systems...

hiragana means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. With few exceptions...

"wa" (は) can be treated as "ha" and small kana ゃ,ゅ and ょ are usually allowed to be interpreted as big kana や, ゆ and よ. In classics, diacritic marks are...

writing system kana ligatures (Japanese: 合略仮名, Hepburn: gōryaku-gana) are ligatures in the kana writing system, both hiragana and katakana. Kana such as koto...

Wāpuro rōmaji (ワープロローマ字), or kana spelling, is a style of romanization of Japanese originally devised for entering Japanese into word processors (ワードプロセッサー...

A (hiragana: あ, katakana: ア) is a Japanese kana that represents the mora consisting of single vowel [a]. The hiragana character あ is based on the sōsho...