イ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Katakana character 2.2.1 Usage notes 2.2.2 Related terms

[edit] Translingual

The Katakana script
アァ	カヵガ	サザ	タダ	ナ	ハㇵバパ	マ	ヤャ	ラㇻ	ワヮ	ン
イィ	キギ	シㇱジ	チヂ	ニ	ヒㇶビピ	ミ		リㇼ	ヰ
ウゥヴ	クㇰグ	スㇲズ	ツッヅ	ヌㇴ	フㇷブプ	ムㇺ	ユュ	ルㇽ
エェ	ケヶゲ	セゼ	テデ	ネ	ヘㇸベペ	メ		レㇾ	ヱ
オォ	コゴ	ソゾ	トㇳド	ノ	ホㇹボポ	モ	ヨョ	ロㇿ	ヲ
Katakana halfwidth syllables ｱｧ ｲｨ ｳｩ ｴｪ ｵｫ ｶ ｷ ｸ ｹ ｺ ｻ ｼ ｽ ｾ ｿ ﾀ ﾁ ﾂｯ ﾃ ﾄ ﾅ ﾆ ﾇ ﾈ ﾉ ﾊ ﾋ ﾌ ﾍ ﾎ ﾏ ﾐ ﾑ ﾒ ﾓ ﾔｬ ﾕｭ ﾖｮ ﾗ ﾘ ﾙ ﾚ ﾛ ﾜ ｦ ﾝ
Additional symbols ー
イ Unicode: U+30A4Hepburn romanization: iNihon-shiki romanization: iPolivanov cyrillization: и, йJapanese braille: ⠃

[edit] Syllable

イ

1. The katakana syllable at ア行イ段 (row A, section I) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 伊, taken from the left part of the character.

[edit] Katakana character

イ (romaji i)

1. The /i/ phoneme, typically in words of non-Japanese origin.
2. The second character in the gojūon ordering of katakana. The previous character is ア (a) and the next character is ウ (u). The equivalent hiragana character is い (i).

[edit] Usage notes

イ (i) is used to represent the sound of the mora /i/ in words of non-Japanese origin. To represent the vowel sound /i/ as a component of non-Japanese syllables with corresponding Japanese morae, the other katakana characters are used instead, e.g. リ (ri), ミ (mi) or ヒ (hi). The scaled-down version ィ (i) is used instead for the vowel sound /i/ in syllables that begin with a consonant sound and do not correspond with Japanese morae.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with イ (i) see: Special:Allpages/イ