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Hiragana

Katakana

shi

	kana - gojūon
n	wa	ra	ya	ma	ha	na	ta	sa	ka	a
tsu	wi	ri		mi	hi	ni	chi	shi	ki	i
゛		ru	yu	mu	fu	nu	tsu	su	ku	u
ー	we	re		me	he	ne	te	se	ke	e
	wo	ro	yo	mo	ho	no	to	so	ko	o

し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent (IPA) /si/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [ɕi] (help·info). The shapes of these kana originate from 之.

This character may be combined with a dakuten, forming じ in hiragana, ジ in katakana, and ji in Romaji; the pronunciation becomes /zi/ (phonetically, [ʥi] or [ʑi]. This ambiguity is due to the dakuten-supplemented character's unification with チ's dakuten form.

Form	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana
Normal sh- (さ行 sa-gyō)	shi	し	シ
Normal sh- (さ行 sa-gyō)	shii shī	しい, しぃしー	シイ, シィシー
Addition yōon sh- (しゃ行 sha-gyō)	sha	しゃ	シャ
	shaa shā, shah	しゃあしゃー	シャアシャー
	shu	しゅ	シュ
	shuu shū	しゅうしゅー	シュウシュー
	sho	しょ	ショ
	shou shoo shō, shoh	しょうしょおしょー	ショウショオショー
Addition dakuten j/z- (ザ行 za-gyō)	ji, zi	じ	ジ
Addition dakuten j/z- (ザ行 za-gyō)	jii, zii jī, zī	じい, じぃじー	ジイ, ジィジー
Addition yōon and dakuten j- (じゃ行 ja-gyō)	ja	じゃ	ジャ
	jaa jā, jah	じゃあじゃー	ジャアジャー
	ju	じゅ	ジュ
	juu jū	じゅうじゅー	ジュウジュー
	jo	じょ	ジョ
	jou joo jō, joh	じょうじょおじょー	ジョウジョオジョー

Other additional forms

**Form A (*sh-*)**
Romaji	Hiragana	Katagana
(sha)	(しゃ)	(シャ)
(shi)	(し)	(シ)
(shu)	(しゅ)	(シュ)
she	しぇ	シェ
(sho)	(しょ)	(ショ)

**Form B (j-)**
Romaji	Hiragana	Katagana
(ja)	(じゃ)	(ジャ)
(ji)	(じ)	(ジ)
(ju)	(じゅ)	(ジュ)
je	じぇ	ジェ
(jo)	(じょ)	(ジョ)

[edit] Stroke order

Stroke order in writing し

Stroke order in writing シ

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