Shi (kana)

"Si (kana)" redirects here. Not to be confused with Sikana.
"シ" redirects here. Not to be confused with Tsu (kana) ("ツ") or Kangxi radical 85 (often written as "氵").
shi
hiragana
japanese hiragana shi		 katakana
japanese katakana shi
transliterationshi, si
translit. with dakutenji, zi
hiragana origin之
katakana origin之
Man'yōgana子 之 芝 水 四 司 詞 斯 志 思 信 偲 寺 侍 時 歌 詩 師 紫 新 旨 指 次 此 死 事 准 磯 為
Voiced Man'yōgana自 士 仕 司 時 尽 慈 耳 餌 児 弐 爾
spelling kana新聞のシ
(Shinbun no "shi")
kana gojūon
warayamahanatasakaa
wiri(yi)mihinichishikii
(wu)ruyumufunutsusukuu
were(ye)mehenetesekee
woroyomohonotosokoo
n
Kana modifiers and marks
Multi-moraic kana

し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent the phonemes /si/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki romanization si, although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [ɕi] ⓘ, which is reflected in the Hepburn romanization shi. The shapes of these kana have origins in the character 之. The katakana form has become increasingly popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a smiling face.

This character may be combined with a dakuten, forming じ in hiragana, ジ in katakana, and ji in Hepburn romanization; the pronunciation becomes /zi/ (phonetically [d͡ʑi] or [ʑi] in the middle of words).

The dakuten form of this character is used when transliterating "di" occasionally, as opposed to チ's dakuten form, or a de assigned to a small i; for example, Aladdin is written as アラジン Arajin, and radio is written as ラジオ.

In the Ainu language, シ is used to represent the ʃi sound. It can also be written as a small ㇱ to represent a final s sound, pronounced ɕ.

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
normal sh- alone
(さ行 sa-gyō) 		shi
shii, shyi
shī 		し
しい, しぃ
しー 		シ
シイ, シィ
シー
sh- and yōon
(しゃ行 sha-gyō) 		sha
shaa
shā 		しゃ
しゃあ, しゃぁ
しゃー 		シャ
シャア, シャァ
シャー
shu
shuu, shwu
shū 		しゅ
しゅう, しゅぅ
しゅー 		シュ
シュウ, シュゥ
シュー
sho
shou
shoo
shō 		しょ
しょう, しょぅ
しょお, しょぉ
しょー 		ショ
ショウ, ショゥ
ショオ, ショォ
ショー
with dakuten j- alone
(ザ行 za-gyō) 		ji
jii, jyi
jī 		じ
じい, じぃ
じー 		ジ
ジイ, ジィ
ジー
j- and yōon
(じゃ行 ja-gyō) 		ja
jaa
jā 		じゃ
じゃあ, じゃぁ
じゃー 		ジャ
ジャア, ジャァ
ジャー
ju
juu, jwu
jū 		じゅ
じゅう, じゅぅ
じゅー 		ジュ
ジュウ, ジュゥ
ジュー
jo
jou
joo
jō 		じょ
じょう, じょぅ
じょお, じょぉ
じょー 		ジョ
ジョウ, ジョゥ
ジョオ, ジョォ
ジョー
Other additional forms
Form A (sh-/sy-/shw-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
(sha, sya) (しゃ) (シャ)
(shyi, syi) (しぃ) (シィ)
(shu, syu) (しゅ) (シュ)
she, sye
shee, syee
shei, syei
shē, syē 		しぇ
しぇえ
しぇい, しぇぃ
しぇー 		シェ
シェエ
シェイ, シェィ
シェー
(sho, syo) (しょ) (ショ)
shwa しゅぁ, しゎ シュァ, シヮ
shwi しゅぃ シュィ
(shwu) (しゅぅ) (シュゥ)
shwe しゅぇ シュェ
shwo しゅぉ シュォ
Form B (j-/zy-/jw-)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
(ja, zya) (じゃ) (ジャ)
(jyi, zyi) (じぃ) (ジィ)
(ju, zyu) (じゅ) (ジュ)
je, zye
jee, zyee
jei, zyei
jē, zyē 		じぇ
じぇえ
じぇい, じぇぃ
じぇー 		ジェ
ジェエ
ジェイ, ジェィ
ジェー
(jo, zyo) (じょ) (ジョ)
jwa じゅぁ, じゎ ジュァ, ジヮ
jwi じゅぃ ジュィ
(jwu) (じゅぅ) (ジュゥ)
jwe じゅぇ ジュェ
jwo じゅぉ ジュォ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing し
Stroke order in writing し
Stroke order in writing シ
Stroke order in writing シ
Stroke order in writing Hiragana し
Stroke order in writing Katakana シ

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
し / シ in Japanese Braille Sh/J + Yōon braille
し / シ
shi		 じ / ジ
ji		 しい / シー
shī		 じい / ジー
jī		 しゃ / シャ
sha		 じゃ / ジャ
ja		 しゃあ / シャー
shā		 じゃあ / ジャー
jā
⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠱ (braille pattern dots-156)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠱ (braille pattern dots-156)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
Sh/J + Yōon braille
しゅ / シュ
shu		 じゅ / ジュ
ju		 しゅう / シュー
shū		 じゅう / ジュー
jū		 しょ / ショ
sho		 じょ / ジョ
jo		 しょう / ショー
shō		 じょう / ジョー
jō
⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
Character information
Preview し シ ｼ ㋛
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER SI KATAKANA LETTER SI HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SI CIRCLED KATAKANA SI
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12375 U+3057 12471 U+30B7 65404 U+FF7C 13019 U+32DB
UTF-8 227 129 151 E3 81 97 227 130 183 E3 82 B7 239 189 188 EF BD BC 227 139 155 E3 8B 9B
Numeric character reference し し シ シ ｼ ｼ ㋛ ㋛
Shift JIS[1] 130 181 82 B5 131 86 83 56 188 BC
EUC-JP[2] 164 183 A4 B7 165 183 A5 B7 142 188 8E BC
GB 18030[3] 164 183 A4 B7 165 183 A5 B7 132 49 152 52 84 31 98 34
EUC-KR[4] / UHC[5] 170 183 AA B7 171 183 AB B7
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[6] 198 187 C6 BB 199 79 C7 4F
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[7] 198 253 C6 FD 199 179 C7 B3
Character information
Preview ㇱ じ ジ
Unicode name KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SI HIRAGANA LETTER ZI KATAKANA LETTER ZI
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12785 U+31F1 12376 U+3058 12472 U+30B8
UTF-8 227 135 177 E3 87 B1 227 129 152 E3 81 98 227 130 184 E3 82 B8
Numeric character reference ㇱ ㇱ じ じ ジ ジ
Shift JIS (plain)[1] 130 182 82 B6 131 87 83 57
Shift JIS-2004[8] 131 237 83 ED 130 182 82 B6 131 87 83 57
EUC-JP (plain)[2] 164 184 A4 B8 165 184 A5 B8
EUC-JIS-2004[9] 166 239 A6 EF 164 184 A4 B8 165 184 A5 B8
GB 18030[3] 129 57 188 53 81 39 BC 35 164 184 A4 B8 165 184 A5 B8
EUC-KR[4] / UHC[5] 170 184 AA B8 171 184 AB B8
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[6] 198 188 C6 BC 199 80 C7 50
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[7] 198 254 C6 FE 199 180 C7 B4
Look up し, じ, シ, or ジ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-03-08]. "Shift-JIS to Unicode".
  2. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  3. ^ a b Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  4. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  5. ^ a b Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  6. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
  7. ^ a b van Kesteren, Anne. "big5". Encoding Standard. WHATWG.
  8. ^ Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "Shift_JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 1) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "EUC-JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 3) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)