I (kana)
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For the kana sometimes romanized as "i", see Wi (kana).
I (い in hiragana or イ in katakana) 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 (left part) of the kanji character 伊. In the modern Japanese system of sound order, it occupies the second position of the syllable chart, between あ and う. Additionally, it is the first letter in Iroha, before ろ. Both represent the sound [i]. In the Ainu language, katakana イ is written as y in their Latin-based syllable chart, and a small ィ after another katakana represents a diphthong.
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transliteration | i | ||
hiragana origin | 以 | ||
katakana origin | 伊 | ||
Man'yōgana | 伊 怡 以 異 已 移 射 五 | ||
spelling kana | いろはのイ (Iroha no "i") |
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