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[edit] Translingual

The Katakana script
Katakana halfwidth syllables
Additional symbols
Unicode: U+30A3Hiragana:

[edit] Syllable

  1. The katakana syllable in small form.

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology

From  (i).

[edit] Katakana character

  1. Small combining form of katakana  (i) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous katakana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.
    - the sound [ɸi] rather than [ɸu] () or [çi] ()
    フィギュア - transliteration of figure

[edit] Related terms

  • (hiragana small i)
  • (full-size i)