Shi (kana)

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Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration:	shi
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	之
Katakana Man'yōgana:	之
Unicode:
kana - gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a tsu wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i ゛ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u ー we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) /si/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [ɕi] (help·info). The shapes of these kana have origins in the character 之.

This character may be combined with a dakuten, forming じ in hiragana, ジ in katakana, and ji in Romaji; the pronunciation becomes /zi/ (phonetically, [d͡ʑi] or [ʑi]. This ambiguity is due to the dakuten-supplemented character's unification with チ's dakuten form. Additionally, it is interesting to note that the dakuten form of this character is used when transliterating "di" occasionally, 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.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal sh- (さ行 sa-gyō)	shi	し	シ
	shii shī	しい, しぃ しー	シイ, シィ シー
Addition yōon sh- (しゃ行 sha-gyō)	sha	しゃ	シャ
	shaa shā, shah	しゃあ しゃー	シャア シャー
	shu	しゅ	シュ
	shuu shū	しゅう しゅー	シュウ シュー
	sho	しょ	ショ
	shou shoo shō, shoh	しょう しょお しょー	ショウ ショオ ショー
Addition dakuten j/z- (ザ行 za-gyō)	ji, zi	じ	ジ
	jii, zii jī, zī	じい, じぃ じー	ジイ, ジィ ジー
Addition yōon and dakuten j- (じゃ行 ja-gyō)	ja	じゃ	ジャ
	jaa jā, jah	じゃあ じゃー	ジャア ジャー
	ju	じゅ	ジュ
	juu jū	じゅう じゅー	ジュウ ジュー
	jo	じょ	ジョ
	jou joo jō, joh	じょう じょお じょー	ジョウ ジョオ ジョー

Other additional forms
Form A (sh-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana (sha) (しゃ) (シャ) (shi) (し) (シ) (shu) (しゅ) (シュ) she しぇ シェ (sho) (しょ) (ショ)	Form B (j-) Romaji Hiragana Katakana (ja) (じゃ) (ジャ) (ji) (じ) (ジ) (ju) (じゅ) (ジュ) je じぇ ジェ (jo) (じょ) (ジョ)

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