- I (kana)
Infobox_kana
Hiragana
Katakana
Transliteration = i
Hiragana Manyogana = 以
Katakana Manyogana = 伊
Unicode = U+3043, U+30A4
Footnotes =い in hiragana or イ in katakana (romanised "i") is one of the Japanese
kana each of which represents one mora. い is based on the sōsho style of thekanji character 以, and イ is from the radical (left part) of the kanji character 伊. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, it occupies the second position of the alphabet, betweenあ andう . Additionally, it is the first letter inIroha , before ろ. In order to write the hiragana い, draw a curve, not entirely unlike a parenthesis, downward stroke with a hook, and then draw a smaller, floating curve to the right side. Both represent (IPA) IPA|/i/.Variant forms
Scaled-down versions of the kana (ぃ, ィ) are used to express sounds foreign to the Japanese language, such as フィ (fi).
troke order
The Hiragana い is made in two strokes:
#At the top left, a curved vertical stroke, ending with a hook at the bottom.
#At the top right, a shorter stroke, slightly curving in the opposite direction.The Katakana イ is made in two strokes:
#At the top, a curved diagonal line going from right to left.
#In the center of the last stroke, a vertical line going down.Other communicative representations
In
Japanese Braille , い or イ is represented as:The
Morse code for い or イ, is ・－.In
Japanese phonetic alphabet , one would say "いろはのイ" (Iroha no I.)
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