Ki (hiragana: ãÂÂ, katakana: ãÂÂ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent and are derived from a simplification of the kanji. The hiragana character ãÂÂ, like ãÂÂ, is drawn with the lower line either connected or disconnected.
A dakuten may be added to the character; this transforms it into ã in hiragana, ã® in katakana, and gi in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value also changes, to in initial, and varying between and in the middle of words.
A handakuten (ãÂÂ) does not occur with ki in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation .