き

See also: さ, ざ, さ゚, ぎ, and き゚
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き U+304D, き
HIRAGANA LETTER KI
← が
[U+304C] 		HiraganaCategory:Hiragana block#*0000012365 ぎ →
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Japanese

Stroke order
4 strokes

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent#き

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 幾 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

き • (kiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#きCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#き) Category:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese syllables#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#きCategory:Pages with entries#きCategory:Pages with 1 entry#き

  1. The hiragana syllable き (ki). Its equivalent in katakana is キ (ki). It is the seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行い段 (ka-gyō i-dan, “row ka, section i”).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of き – see the following entries.
【木】1 Category:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[noun] a tree or shrub
[noun] wood, timber, lumber
[noun] (graph theory, computer science) a tree (data structure)
[noun] (theater, sumo, etc.) a clapper used to signal the opening or closing of a match or play
Alternative spelling
樹
【来】2 Category:Japanese verbs#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[verb] stem or continuative form of 来る (kuru)
【生】1 Category:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese prefixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese prefixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[noun] purity, a lack of any admixture, a state of being undiluted
[prefix] unrefined
[prefix] pure, undefiled, unadulterated
【気】1 Category:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[noun] spirit, mood
[noun] inclination, will, mood, urge
[noun] feeling, sense
[noun] air, gas
[noun] This term needs a translation to English.
【汽】2 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] steam; vapor
【帰】2 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] to return; to come back to
[affix] to end in; to result in
[affix] to follow; to submit
【記】2 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] to record; to mark
[affix] to remember; to keep in mind
[noun] a chronicle
[suffix] chronicle, history, account, record
[proper noun] short for 古事記 (Kojiki): the oldest extant record of the history of ancient Japan
[proper noun] a surname
【起】3 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] to rise; to get up; to stand up
[affix] to start; to begin; to cause; to bring about
[affix] origin; cause; beginning
【期】3 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] time; period
[affix] to expect; to look forward to
[suffix] period (of time)
[suffix] (television show) season
[suffix] geological age
【希】4 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] to hope
[affix] rare; scarce
[affix] sparse; dilute
Alternative spellings
稀, け
【季】4 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] season
[affix] end of a period
[affix] youngest
【紀】5 Category:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[noun] chronicle, written record
[noun] (geology) period
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] short for 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki, “Nihon Shoki”)
[proper noun] short for 紀伊 (Kii, “Kii Province”)
[affix] rule; regulation
[affix] age; era; period
[affix] to record; to write down
【喜】5 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] joy; delight; pleasure
【旗】4 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] flag; banner
[noun] banner (type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China)
【器】4 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] device; instrument
[affix] container; vessel
[suffix] device; instrument
Alternative spelling
噐
【機】4 Category:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese counters#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese counters#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese counters#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[noun] a machine, a device; a contraption
[noun] (weaving) a loom
[noun] an opportunity, a chance to do something; the right time or moment
[noun] something of great importance: the linchpin of the matter
[noun] resourcefulness
[noun] (Buddhism) the moment of being moved into action by the teachings of the Buddha: see 機根 (kikon)
[noun] by extension, the workings of the heart or mind in general
[noun] in Noh theater, the breath of the mind
[noun] short for 飛行機 (hikōki): an airplane, an aircraft
[noun] short for 機関銃 (kikanjū): a machine gun
[counter] indicates aircraft
[counter] indicates paper aeroplanes
[counter] indicates lives in video games
[suffix] indicates machines
[suffix] indicates airplanes
【基】5 Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese counters#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese counters#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] foundation; base; basis
[affix] (chemistry) a group; a radical
[counter] counter for grounded things (e.g. pyramids, electric power plants, wells, toro (Japanese traditional lantern), tombs)
[counter] counter for wooden grave tablets (卒塔婆 (sotoba))
【己】6 Category:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[proper noun] the sixth of the ten heavenly stems
【貴】6 Category:Japanese prefixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese prefixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[prefix] (archaic) added to nouns related to people to indicate superiority
[prefix] (archaic) added to nouns to indicate respect and possession: your
[suffix] added after nouns related to people to express love and respect
【忌】S Category:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[noun] mourning
[noun] anniversary of someone's death
【奇】S Category:Japanese adjectives#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[adjective] strange
[noun] strangeness
【祈】S Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] to pray
[affix] to wish
【姫】S Category:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[suffix] lady
【飢】S Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] hungry; starve
【鬼】S Category:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[proper noun] (Chinese astronomy) the Ghost constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions
【亀】S Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] tortoise, turtle
[affix] tortoise shell used in divination
【騎】S Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese counters#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] riding on horseback
[affix] a horseperson
[counter] [early 1200s] horseperson
[noun] riding on horseback
[noun] [1877] (rare) a horseperson
【癸】H Category:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[proper noun] the tenth of the ten heavenly stems;
[proper noun] the tenth rank; something J
【冀】H Category:Japanese affixes#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese proper nouns#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#き
[affix] hope for, look forward to, wish
[proper noun] (historical) short for 冀州 (Kishū): Ji Province
[proper noun] synonym of 河北 (Kahoku): Hebei Province
(This term, き (ki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as き, see Category:Japanese kanji read as き.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 寄, 規, 危, 机, 揮, 企, 肌, 岐, 軌, 既, 幾, 棋, 棄, 毀, 畿, 輝, 稀, 綺, 嬉, 毅, 窺, 徽, 几, 悸, 愧, 詭, 跪, 麾, 騏, 饑, 羈, 驥.)Category:Japanese redlinks/ja-see#きCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#きCategory:Pages with entries#きCategory:Pages with 1 entry#き

Etymology 3

Suffix

き • (-kiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#きCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#き) Category:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese suffixes#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#きCategory:Pages with entries#きCategory:Pages with 1 entry#き

  1. (Classical JapaneseCategory:Classical Japanese#き) Indicates past tense: -ed
    Used when the speaker has directly experienced the event described, as opposed to けり.
Usage notes

Follows the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of inflectable words, except:

終止形 (“terminal”)連体形 (“attributive”)已然形 (“realis”)
来(く) (ku) + き (unattested)こし (koshi)こしか (koshika)
す (su) + き しき (shiki)せし (seshi)せしか (seshika)

This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix. It is classified as 助動詞 (jodōshi, “auxiliary verb”) in traditional Japanese grammar.

Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Particle

き • (kiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#きCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#き) Category:Japanese lemmas#きCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きCategory:Japanese particles#きCategory:Japanese hiragana#きCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#きCategory:Pages with entries#きCategory:Pages with 1 entry#き

  1. (TosaCategory:Tosa Japanese#き) indicates certainty, conviction, or emphasis
    Synonyms: よ, (Kansai) で
    シーソーは二(ふた)人(り)で乗(の)るもんやき。
    Shīsō wa futari de noru mon ya ki.
    A seesaw is meant to have two people on it.
    Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#きCategory:Japanese terms with usage examples#き
  2. (TosaCategory:Tosa Japanese#き) marks a reason; because
    Synonyms: から, ので
    パンが食(た)べれなかったき機(き)嫌(げん)悪(わる)いがやろ。
    Pan ga taberenakatta ki kigen warui ga yaro.
    He's probably grumpy because he didn't get to eat the bread.
    Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#きCategory:Japanese terms with usage examples#き
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