# Shi (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
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Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
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 , 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 | 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 |
| normal | 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 |
| normal | sh- and yōon (しゃ行 sha-gyō) | 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 |
| normal | sh- and yōon (しゃ行 sha-gyō) | 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 |
| with dakuten | 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 |
| with dakuten | j- and yōon (じゃ行 ja-gyō) | 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 |
| with dakuten | j- and yōon (じゃ行 ja-gyō) | 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 シ |

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 新聞のシ Shinbun no "Shi" | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-1256 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
| し / シ in Japanese Braille | し / シ in Japanese Braille | し / シ in Japanese Braille | し / シ in Japanese Braille | Sh/J + Yōon braille | Sh/J + Yōon braille | Sh/J + Yōon 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 |
| 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 |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | し | し | シ | シ | ｼ | ｼ | ㋛ | ㋛ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER SI | HIRAGANA LETTER SI | KATAKANA LETTER SI | KATAKANA LETTER SI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SI | CIRCLED KATAKANA 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 | &#12375; | &#x3057; | &#12471; | &#x30B7; | &#65404; | &#xFF7C; | &#13019; | &#x32DB; |
| Shift JIS | 130 181 | 82 B5 | 131 86 | 83 56 | 188 | BC | | |
| EUC-JP | 164 183 | A4 B7 | 165 183 | A5 B7 | 142 188 | 8E BC | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 183 | A4 B7 | 165 183 | A5 B7 | 132 49 152 52 | 84 31 98 34 | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 183 | AA B7 | 171 183 | AB B7 | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 187 | C6 BB | 199 79 | C7 4F | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 198 253 | C6 FD | 199 179 | C7 B3 | | | | |
Character information :
| Preview | ㇱ | ㇱ | じ | じ | ジ | ジ |
| Unicode name | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SI | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL SI | HIRAGANA LETTER ZI | HIRAGANA LETTER ZI | KATAKANA 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 | &#12785; | &#x31F1; | &#12376; | &#x3058; | &#12472; | &#x30B8; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | | | 130 182 | 82 B6 | 131 87 | 83 57 |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 131 237 | 83 ED | 130 182 | 82 B6 | 131 87 | 83 57 |
| EUC-JP (plain) | | | 164 184 | A4 B8 | 165 184 | A5 B8 |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 166 239 | A6 EF | 164 184 | A4 B8 | 165 184 | A5 B8 |
| GB 18030 | 129 57 188 53 | 81 39 BC 35 | 164 184 | A4 B8 | 165 184 | A5 B8 |
| EUC-KR / UHC | | | 170 184 | AA B8 | 171 184 | AB B8 |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | | | 198 188 | C6 BC | 199 80 | C7 50 |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | | | 198 254 | C6 FE | 199 180 | C7 B4 |