ぃ

ぃ U+3043, ぃ HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL I ← あ [U+3042] Hiragana い → [U+3044]

Japanese

Etymology

Small form of the hiragana character い (i).

Combining form

ぃ 

1. Small combining form of hiragana い (i) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.

   ふぃ - the sound [ɸi] rather than [ɸu] (ふ) or [çi] (ひ)

   フィギュア - transliteration of English figure

Usage notes

• See usage notes of ぁ.

Related terms

• ィ (katakana small i)
• い (full-size i)

See also

• (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, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ