Shi (kana)

shi
transliteration shi, si
translit. with dakuten ji, zi
hiragana origin
katakana origin
spelling kana 新聞のシ
(Shinbun no "shi")

, in hiragana, or in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent the phoneme /si/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [ɕi] ( listen). 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 's dakuten form; 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 Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
normal sh/s- alone
(さ行 sa-gyō)
final sh (s)
shi (si)
shii (sii)
shī (), shih (sih)
 

しい, しぃ
しー


シイ, シィ
シー
sh/(s)- and yōon
(しゃ行 sha-gyō)
sha (sa)
shaa (saa)
shah (sah)
shā ()
しゃ
しゃあ
 
しゃー
シャ
シャア
シャㇵ
シャー
shu (su)
shuu (suu)
shū (), shuh (suh)
しゅ
しゅう
しゅー
シュ
シュウ
シュー
she (se)
shee (see)
shē (), sheh (seh)
しぇ
しぇう
しぇー
シェ
シェウ
シェー
sho (so)
shou (sou)
shoo (soo)
shō (), shoh (soh)
しょ
しょう
しょお
しょー
ショ
ショウ
ショオ
ショー
with dakuten j/(d)/z- alone
(ザ行 za-gyō)
final -j (-d), -z
ji (di), zi
jii (dii), zii
(), , jih (dih), zih
 

じい, じぃ
じー
 

ジイ, ジィ
ジー
j/(d)/z- and yōon
(じゃ行 ja-gyō)
ja (da), za
jaa (daa), zaa
(), , jah (dah), zah
じゃ
じゃあ
じゃー
ジャ
ジャア
ジャー
ju (du), zu
juu (duu), zuu
(), , juh (duh), zuh
じゅ
じゅう
じゅー
ジュ
ジュウ
ジュー
je (de), ze
jee (dee), zee
(), , jeh (deh), zeh
じぇ
じぇう
じぇー
ジェ
ジェウ
ジェー
jo (do), zo
jou (dou), zou
joo (doo), zoo
(), , joh (doh), zoh
じょ
じょう
じょお
じょー
ジョ
ジョウ
ジョオ
ジョー
Other additional forms
Romaji Hiragana Katakana
shyi しぃ シィ

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing し
Stroke order in writing し
Stroke order in writing シ
Stroke order in writing シ
Stroke order in writing Hiragana し
Stroke order in writing Katakana シ

Other representations

Character
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER SIKATAKANA LETTER SIHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SIKATAKANA LETTER SMALL SIHIRAGANA LETTER ZIKATAKANA LETTER ZI
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12375U+305712471U+30B765404U+FF7C12785U+31F112376U+305812472U+30B8
UTF-8227 129 151E3 81 97227 130 183E3 82 B7239 189 188EF BD BC227 135 177E3 87 B1227 129 152E3 81 98227 130 184E3 82 B8
Numeric character referenceししシシシシㇱㇱじじジジ
Shift JIS130 18182 B5131 8683 56188BC130 18282 B6131 8783 57
  • Braille
し / シ in Japanese BrailleSh/J + Yōon braille
し / シ
shi
じ / ジ
ji
しい / シー
shī
じい / ジー
しゃ / シャ
sha
じゃ / ジャ
ja
しゃあ / シャー
shā
じゃあ / ジャー
⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) 
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
しょ / ショ
sho
じょ / ジョ
jo
しょう / ショー
shō
じょう / ジョー
⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) 

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