Stroke order
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 幾 in the cursive sōsho style.
き • (ki )
The hiragana syllable き ( ki ) . Its equivalent in katakana is キ ( ki ) . It is the seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行 い段 ( ka-gyō i-dan , “ row ka , section i ” ) .
(Hiragana ) 平仮名 ; あ ぁ , い ぃ , う ぅ ゔ , え ぇ , お ぉ , か ゕ が , き ぎ , く ぐ , け ゖ げ , こ 𛄲 ( 𛄲 ) ご , さ ざ , し じ , す ず , せ ぜ , そ ぞ , た だ , ち ぢ , つ っ づ , て で , と ど , な , に , ぬ , ね , の , は ば ぱ , ひ び ぴ , ふ ぶ ぷ , へ べ ぺ , ほ ぼ ぽ , ま , み , む , め , も , や ゃ , 𛀆 , ゆ ゅ , 𛀁 , よ ょ , ら ら゚ , り り゚ , る る゚ , れ れ゚ , ろ ろ゚ , わ ゎ わ゙ , ゐ 𛅐 ( 𛅐 ) ゐ゙ , 𛄟 ( 𛄟 ) , ゑ 𛅑 ( 𛅑 ) ゑ゙ , を 𛅒 ( 𛅒 ) を゙ , ん , ー , ゝ , ゞ , ゟ
For pronunciation and definitions of き – see the following entry.
(This term, き ( ki ) , is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)For a list of all kanji read as き , see Category:Japanese kanji read as き .)
For pronunciation and definitions of き – see the following entries.
【旗 】 4
[affix] flag ; banner
[noun] banner ( type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China )
【貴 】 6
[prefix] ( archaic ) added to nouns related to people to indicate superiority
[prefix] ( archaic ) added to nouns to indicate respect and possession: your
[suffix] added after nouns related to people to express love and respect
(This term, き ( ki ) , is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as き , see Category:Japanese kanji read as き .)
(The following entries are uncreated: 寄 , 規 , 危 , 机 , 揮 , 企 , 肌 , 岐 , 軌 , 既 , 幾 , 棋 , 棄 , 毀 , 畿 , 輝 , 稀 , 綺 , 嬉 , 毅 , 窺 , 徽 , 几 , 悸 , 愧 , 詭 , 跪 , 麾 , 騏 , 饑 , 羈 , 驥 .)
き • (-ki )
( Classical Japanese ) Indicates past tense: -ed
Used when the speaker has directly experienced the event described, as opposed to けり .
Follows the 連用形 ( ren'yōkei , “ continuative or stem form ” ) of inflectable words, except:
終止形 ( “ terminal ” )
連体形 ( “ attributive ” )
已然形 ( “ realis ” )
来( く ) ( ku ) + き
(unattested)
こし ( koshi )
こしか ( koshika )
す ( su ) + き
しき ( shiki )
せし ( seshi )
せしか ( seshika )
This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix . It is classified as 助動詞 ( jodōshi , “ auxiliary verb ” ) in traditional Japanese grammar.
Classical conjugation of "き " (irregular)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形 )
せ け
se ke
Continuative (連用形 )
-
Terminal (終止形 )
き
ki
Attributive (連体形 )
し
si
Realis (已然形 )
しか
sika
Imperative (命令形 )
-
Key constructions
Negative
ざりき [1]
zariki
Contrasting conjunction
しかど
sikado
Causal conjunction
しかば
sikaba
Conditional conjunction
せば けば
seba keba
[1] Use past tense of ず
けむ ( kemu ) ( possibly a derivative )