き゚

See also: さ, ざ, さ゚, き, and ぎ

Japanese

Etymology

The character き with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ŋʲi]

Syllable

き゚ • (ngi) 

  1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable き゚ (ngi). Its equivalent in katakana is キ゚ (ngi).

Usage notes

[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese; this phenomenon is known as 鼻(び)濁(だく)音(おん) (bidakuon, “nasal voiced sound”). This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.

See also

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