き

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Hiragana character 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 Kanji reading 1.3.1 On-reading of: 1.3.2 Kun-reading of: 1.4 Noun

[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 機 or 幾 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

き (romaji ki)

1. The /ki/ syllable.
2. The seventh character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is か and the next character is く. The equivalent katakana character is キ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with き (ki) see: Special:Allpages/き

[edit] Derived terms

ぎ (gi)

[edit] Kanji reading

き (romaji ki)

[edit] On-reading of:

• 貴: noble, precious
• 機: machine, moment, chance
• 記: record
• 希: hope, expect
• 姫: beauty
• 忌: anniversary of a person's death
• 季: season
• 几: small table
• 幾: how many, some
• 紀
• 黄
• 木
• 喜
• 㐂
• 気
• 期
• 器
• 鬼
• 樹
• 旣

[edit] Kun-reading of:

• 黄： yellow

[edit] Noun

き (romaji ki)

1. 木： tree
2. 気： air, spirit