Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration	chi, ti
with dakuten	ji, zi, di
Hiragana origin:	知
Katakana origin:	千
Spelling kana	千鳥のチ (Chidori no "chi")
Morse code	・・－・
Braille
Unicode	U+3061, U+30C1
kana gojūon wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i dakuten n ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u chōonpu we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

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).

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. Additionally, 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.

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 [edit]

Stroke order [edit]

Stroke order in writing ち

Stroke order in writing チ

Stroke order in writing ち

Stroke order in writing チ

Other Representations [edit]

• Computer encodings

ち / チ in Japanese Braille				Ch/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

See also [edit]

Look up ち, ぢ, チ, or ヂ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Shi (kana)
• Hepburn romanization
• Kunrei-shiki romanization

References [edit]

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.

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