キ (ki), katakana basic
キ
ki
カ row · i column
katakanabasic3 strokes
Stroke order
hiragana counterpart
Variants
Words with キ
キロkilometer; kilogram
キッチンkitchen
How to remember it
キTwo crossbars meet a slanted stem. Imagine a key with two teeth: ki, with a short vowel.
Where it comes from
幾キ
キ comes from a simplified part of 幾. Hiragana き has the same source.