シ (shi), katakana basic
シ
shi
サ row · i column
katakanabasic3 strokes
Stroke order
Pronunciation
Say shi, with a soft sh sound, not si. Keep the vowel short and steady.
hiragana counterpart
Variants
Similar characters
Words with シ
シャツshirt
シャワーshower
How to remember it
シThe two short strokes line up down the left side. The long stroke sweeps up from lower left to upper right. Those sideways “eyes” help distinguish shi from ツ.
Where it comes from
之シ
シ comes from a simplified form of 之. Hiragana し also has 之 as its source.