ち

ち in Hiragana or チ in Katakana is two kana, characters Japanese, which represent same the more. They are marked and occupy the 17th place of their respective spelling-book, between た and つ.

Origin

The hiragana ち and the katakana チ come, via the Man' yōgana, of the Kanji 知 and 千, respectively.

Diacritic

ち and チ can be diacrities to form ぢ and ヂ and to represent the sound or.

However, in the pronunciation of modern Japanese, the pronunciation of ぢ is replaced by that of じ; The writing ぢ is used very seldom.

Romanisation

These kanas differently romanisent according to the systems:
  • Hepburn :
    • た and チ: “chi”
    • ぢ and ヂ: “ji” (like じ)
  • Kunrei:
    • た and チ: “Ti”
    • ぢ and ヂ: “zi” (like じ)
  • Nihon:
    • た and チ: “Ti”
    • ぢ and ヂ: “di”

Layout

The hiragana ち is written in two features:
  1. Milks horizontal, from left to right.
  2. Milks beginning vertically, slightly diagonal and directed towards the left, cutting the first feature, pius forming a broad loop on the line.

The katakana チ is written in three features:

  1. Milks horizontal, from left to right, but going up slightly.
  2. Milks horizontal, from left to right, located under the vertical first
  3. Trait cutting the two first and curving slightly on the left at the end.

Data-processing representation

  • Unicode :
    • ち : U+3061
    • チ : U+30C1
    • ぢ : U+3062
    • ヂ : U+30C2

See too

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