i

Japanese syllable, kana

Also known as i (kana) · い · イ

Instance of: kana character
Part of: gojūon
, Iroha

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I is one of the Japanese kana each of which represents one mora. い is based on the sōsho style of the kanji character 以, and イ is from the radical of the kanji character 伊. In the modern Japanese system of sound order, it occupies the second position of the mora chart, between あ and う. Additionally, it is the first letter in Iroha, before ろ. Both represent the sound. In the Ainu language, katakana イ is written as y in their Latin-based mora chart, and a small ィ after another katakana represents a diphthong.

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Unicode character: い applies to part: hiragana · statement is subject of: い
イ applies to part: katakana · statement is subject of: イ
ｲ applies to part: half-width kana · statement is subject of: ｲ
㋑ applies to part: katakana, circled character · statement is subject of: ㋑
Revised Hepburn romanization: i
Script: kana
Derivative work: small i

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