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チ (chi), katakana basic

chi

タ row · i column

katakanabasic3 strokes

Stroke order

Pronunciation

Say chi, with a ch sound, not ti. It is one short beat.

hiragana counterpart

Variants

Similar characters

Words with チ

cheese
chocolate

How to remember it

A short top stroke and a crossbar sit over a sweeping lower stroke. Imagine a chair seen from the side: chi.

Where it comes from

チ comes from 千. Both チ and 千 use three strokes; their forms are similar.